Słowik

Karol Szymanowski · text by Zofia Szymanowska · read by Anna Pych
From Pieśni księżniczki z baśni[ˈpjɛɕ.ɲi kɕɛwʒ.ˈɲit͡ʃ.ki ˈzbaɕ.ɲi]Songs of the Fairytale Princess

Słowik

[ˈswɔ.vik]Nightingale

Karol Szymanowski · text by Zofia Szymanowska · read by Anna Pych

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0:05

Zda

[zda

Seems

mi się

mi ɕɛ

to-me

nieraz,

ˈɲɛ.raz

sometimes,

że

ʒɛ

that

Bóg

bug

God

się pomylił,

ɕɛ pɔ.ˈmɨ.liw]

made-a-mistake,

0:18

miast

[mjast

instead

serca

sɛr.t͡sa

of-a-heart

zamknął

ˈzamk.nɔw

closed

w piersiach

ˈfpjɛr.ɕah

in breasts

mych

mɨh

mine

słowika

swɔ.ˈvi.ka]

a-nightingale

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