Szumi w gaju brzezina

Szumiwgaja brzezina,
Bo inaczej nie może,
Wiatr gałązki jej zgina
Musi szumieć nieboże.

Wzdycha w gaju dziewczyna
Mimowoli łzy cieką
Bo miłego wspomina
Co jest od niej daleko.

Gdy nadejdzie jaż zima
Brzoza liści pozbędzie
Wszytkie wichry wytrzy ma
I już szumieć nie będzie.

Gdy nadejdzie juz zima.
Dziewczę wspomni miłego
I smutnemi oczyma
Zacznie szukać drugiego.

by Adam Asnyk (1838-1897)

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

by Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941) , "Szumi w gaju brzezina", op. 7 (Cztery pieśni do słów Adama Asnyka (Vier Lieder)) no. 3 (1885), published c1886. [voice and piano], also set in German, also set in English

by Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941) , "Birke und Mägdelein", op. 7 (Cztery pieśni do słów Adama Asnyka (Vier Lieder)) no. 3 (1885), published c1886. [voice and piano], also set in Polish, also set in English

by Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941) , "The birch tree and the maiden", op. 7 (Cztery pieśni do słów Adama Asnyka (Vier Lieder)) no. 3 (1885), published c1886. [voice and piano], also set in Polish, also set in German

Date added to the website: 2009-04-21.

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The birch tree and the maiden

Lightly waveth the birch tree
When the glad day is dying,
And the soft wind seeks to woo her
Through her branches sighing.

Sadly sighs and weeps the maiden.
Hot and bitter tears are falling.
Why delayeth my lover?
Comes he not at my calling?

Now the winter returneth,
And the leaves are dying,
And no longer through the birch tree
Is the soft wind sighing.

And the maiden, with the winter's returning,
Yes, the maiden has forgotten her weeping,
Gives her heart newly kindled
To a new lover's keeping.

Singable translation by Constance Bache (1846-1903)

a text in Polish by Adam Asnyk (1838-1897) GER

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

by Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941) , "The birch tree and the maiden", op. 7 (Cztery pieśni do słów Adama Asnyka (Vier Lieder)) no. 3 (1885), published c1886. [voice and piano], also set in Polish, also set in German

Date added to the website: 2009-04-21.