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Moja pieszczotka

Language: Polish

 Moja pieszczotka, gdy w wesołej chwili
 Pocznie szczebiotać i kwilić, i gruchać,
 Tak mile grucha, szczebioce i kwili,
 Że nie chcąc słówka żadnego postradać
 Nie śmiem przerywać, nie śmiem, nie śmiem odpowiadać
 I tylko chciałbym słuchać!

 Lecz mowy żywość gdy oczki zapali
 I pocznie mocniej jagody różować,
 Perłowe ząbki błysną śród korali;
 Ach! wtenczas, wienczas śmielej woczęta, woczęta poglądam,
 Usta pomykam i słuchać nie żądam,
 Tylko całować, całować, całować!


Authorship

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

Set in Russian, a translation of Anonymous/Unidentified Artist RUS ENG GER Set in Russian, a translation of Lev Aleksandrovich Mey (1822-1862) RUS ENG GER Set in Russian, a translation of Sergei Golitsyn RUS ENG GER
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
    * ENG English (Hyperion Records)
    * GER German [singable] (Ferdinand Gumbert)
    * GER German [singable] (Wilhelm Henzen)
    * GER German [singable] (Dr. G. Friedrich Reiss)

Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

Notes about green, red, and white dots

My darling

Language: English

 When my sweetheart, in happy mood,
 Sings, trills and chirrups like a bird,
 I savour each sweet moment,
 And dwell on each happy note.
 I have no wish to interrupt;
 I only want to listen, listen, listen.
 
 When her eyes flash merry and bright,
 And her cheeks are red as berries,
 Her pearly teeth flashing white,
 Then boldly I gaze deeply into her eyes,
 And her mouth, wanting to kiss her -
 I only want to kiss kiss kiss her!


Authorship
    * Translation from Polish to English copyright © by Hyperion Records, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. Please contact the copyright-holder when requesting permission to reprint.

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Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.