by
Stefan Witwicki (1801 - 1847)
Życzenie
Language: Polish (Polski)
Available translation(s): CHI ENG FRE
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
Czemuż nie mogę w ptaszka zmienić siebie.
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Wilhelm Henzen (1850 - 1910) , "Mädchens Wunsch" ; composed by Paul Hoppe.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Ferdinand Gumbert (1818 - 1896) , "Mädchens Wunsch" ; composed by Antonie Broich, Ādams Ore.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Heinrich Nitschmann (1826 - 1905) , "Wunsch" ; composed by Alban Förster, Friedrich Klose, Paul Sakolowski.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , "心愿", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Christopher Lapkowski) , "Wish", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Souhait", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Georg Friedrich Reiß) , "Mädchens Wunsch"
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Robert Hirschfeld) , "Mädchens Wunsch"
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[Administrator] , Guy Laffaille
[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website: 2003-12-27
Line count: 14
Word count: 72
Wish
Language: English  after the Polish (Polski)
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 a bird.
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This text was added to the website: 2003-12-27
Line count: 14
Word count: 81