Smutna rzeka
Language:
Polish
Rzeko z cudzoziemców strony,
Czemu nurt twój tak zmącony?
Czy się gdzie zapadły brzegi,
Czy stopniały stare, stare śniegi?
Leżą wgórach stare śniegi,
Kwiatem kwitną moje brzegi,
Ale tam, przy źródle moim,
Płacze matka nad mym zdrojem.
Siedem córek piastowała,
Siedem córek zakopała,
Siedem córek śród ogrodu,
Głowami przeciwko wschodu, wschodu.
Teraz się z duchami wita,
O wygody dziatki pyta
I mogiły ich polewa,
I żałośne pieśni śpiewa.
Input by Gerhard Dangel
Authorship
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text),
listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
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: 2003-12-27.
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The sad river
Language:
English
River, flowing from the mountains,
Tell me why your waters are swollen.
Is the snow thawing
And flooding your banks?
The snow lies unmelted in the hills,
And flowers hold my banks firm.
At my source sits a mother,
Sorrowful and weeping.
Seven daughters she bore and loved;
And seven now lie buried.
In death they know not night nor day;
They lie, facing east.
Waiting in pain by their grave,
She tells her sorrow to their spirits.
And her unceasing tears flow,
Swelling my waters to a flood.
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.
Based on
Text added to the website: 2003-12-27.
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