Życzenie

Gdybym ja była słoneczkiem na niebie,
Nie świeciłabym jak tylko dla ciebie.
Ani na wody, ani na lasy, ale po wszystkie
Czasy pod twym okienkiem i tylko dla ciebie
Gdybym w słoneczko mogła zmienić siebie.

Gdybym ja była ptaszkiem z tego gaju,
Nie śpiewałabym w żadnym obcym kraju.
Ani na wody, ani na lasy, ale po wsystkie
Czasy pod twym okienkiem i tylko dla ciebie
Gdybym w słoneczko mogła zmienić siebie.

by Stefan Witwicki (1801-1847)

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

by Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) , "Życzenie", op. 74 no. 1.

ENG English (Christopher Lapkowski)
GER German [singable] (Wilhelm Henzen)
GER German [singable] (Ferdinand Gumbert)
GER German [singable] (Dr. G. Friedrich Reiss)
GER German [singable] (Robert Hirschfeld)

Text added to the website: 2003-12-27.

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Wish

 If I were the sun in the sky
 I wouldn`t shine just on you.
 Neither on lakes nor forests but on everything;
 Oh the times under your window and only for you
 If I could only change into the sun.

 If I were a bird from that forest
 I wouldn't sing in any foreign country
 Neither on lakes nor forests but on everything;
 Oh the times under your window and only for you
 If I could only change into the sun.

Translation from Polish to English copyright © by Christopher Lapkowski, lapkow (AT) acaps.cs.mcgill.ca, http://www-acaps.cs.mcgill.ca/~lapkow, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. Please contact the copyright-holder when requesting permission to reprint.

a text in Polish by Stefan Witwicki (1801-1847) GER

Text added to the website: 2003-12-27.