Smutna rzeka

Fryderyk Chopin · text by Stefan Witwicki · read by Anna Pych
Also known as Troubled waters · The Mournful Stream

Smutna rzeka

[ˈsmut.na ˈʒɛ.ka]Sad river

Fryderyk Chopin · text by Stefan Witwicki · read by Anna Pych

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0:09
„Rzeko
[ˈʒɛ.kɔ
‘River
z cudzoziemców
s t͡su.d͡zɔˈʑɛm.t͡suf
from the-foreigners’
strony,
ˈstrɔ.nɨ]
side,
0:18
czemu
[ˈt͡ʃɛ.mu
why
nurt
nurt
current
twój
tfuj
yours
tak
tak
so
zmącony?
zmɔɲ.’t͡sɔnɨ]
disturbed?

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