Płonące tulipany

Karol Szymanowski · text by Stanisław Barącz, after Hans Bethge, after Hafiz · read by Anna Pych
From Pieśni miłosne Hafiza op. 24 i 26[ˈpjɛɕ.ɲi mi.ˈwɔs.nɛ ha.ˈfi.za]Love Songs of Hafiz op. 24 and 26

Płonące tulipany

[pwɔ.ˈnɔn.t͡sɛ tu.li.ˈpa.nɨ]Burning tulips

Karol Szymanowski · text by Stanisław Barącz, after Hans Bethge, after Hafiz · read by Anna Pych

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0:12

Kiedyś

[ˈkjɛ.dɨɕ

One-day

mój się

muj ɕɛ

grób

grup

grave

rozkwitnie

rɔs.ˈkfit.ɲɛ]

will-bloom

(One day my grave shall start blooming)

0:21

w moc

[vmɔt͡s

into a-power

pąsowych

pɔw.ˈsɔ.vɨh

of-bright-red

tulipanów,

tu.li.ˈpa.nuf]

tulips,

(with a vastness of bright red tulips,)

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