{"id":44031,"date":"2024-06-16T10:55:40","date_gmt":"2024-06-16T08:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/5276f82e-2402-4308-b003-5945586eb135"},"modified":"2024-06-16T11:36:06","modified_gmt":"2024-06-16T09:36:06","slug":"polish-national-anthem-what-is-it-and-what-are-its-lyrics","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/rss_feed\/polish-national-anthem-what-is-it-and-what-are-its-lyrics\/","title":{"rendered":"Polish national anthem: what is it and what are its lyrics?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By <\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Sunday, 16 June 2024 at 08:55 AM<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Read on to learn all about the national anthem of Poland, &#8216;Mazurek D\u0105browskiego&#8217; (&#8216;Poland Is Not Yet Lost&#8217;. We&#8217;ve got the lyrics in both Polish and English, together with some info about the anthem&#8217;s lyrics and music.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-is-the-polish-national-anthem\">What is the Polish national anthem?<\/h2><p>The Polish national anthem is &#8216;Mazurek D\u0105browskiego&#8217; (&#8216;Poland Is Not Yet Lost&#8217;). It was officially adopted as the national anthem of Poland in 1926, although it had been its unofficial anthem since the end of the First World War in 1918. <\/p><ul><li><strong><a class=\"standard-card-new__article-title qa-card-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/works\/how-did-elgar-help-poland-during-world-war-one\/\">How did Elgar help Poland during World War One?<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a class=\"standard-card-new__article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/why-didn-t-famous-composers-write-national-anthems\/\">Why didn\u2019t famous composers write national anthems?<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a class=\"standard-card-new__article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/works\/five-intriguing-national-anthems\/\">Five intriguing national anthems<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p>The anthem is sung at sporting matches and state occasions. By the way, elsewhere on the site you can find the national anthems of Poland&#8217;s Group D rivals: we have the lyrics and history for the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/articles\/la-marseillaise-what-are-the-lyrics-to-the-french-national-anthem-and-when-were-they-written\">French national anthem &#8216;La Marseillaise&#8217;<\/a><\/strong>, to the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/articles\/dutch-national-anthem-what-are-the-lyrics-to-wilhelmus-and-is-it-the-oldest-national-anthem-in-the-world\">Dutch national anthem<\/a><\/strong>, and to the national anthem of Austria.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-are-the-lyrics-to-the-polish-national-anthem-poland-is-not-yet-lost\">What are the lyrics to the Polish national anthem, <em><b>Poland Is Not Yet Lost<\/b><\/em>?<\/h2><p>Poland has not yet perished, <br\/>So long as we still live. <br\/>What the foreign force has taken from us, <br\/>We shall with sabre retrieve.<\/p><p>March, march, D\u0105browski, <br\/>From Italy to Poland. <br\/>Under your command <br\/>We shall rejoin the nation.<\/p><p>We&#8217;ll cross the Vistula, we&#8217;ll cross the Warta, <br\/>We shall be Polish. <br\/>Bonaparte has given us the example <br\/>Of how we should prevail.<\/p><p>Like Czarniecki to Pozna\u0144 <br\/>After the Swedish annexation, <br\/>To save our homeland, <br\/>We shall return across the sea.<\/p><p>A father, in tears, <br\/>Says to his Basia <br\/>Listen, our boys are said <br\/>To be beating the tarabans. <\/p><p>March, march, D\u0105browski,<br\/>From Italy to Poland.<br\/>Under your command<br\/>We shall rejoin the nation.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-who-are-dabrowski-and-czarniecki\">Who are D\u0105browski and Czarniecki?<\/h2><p>Mentioned in the lyrics, Jan Henryk D\u0105browski and Stefan Czarniecki are Polish military heroes.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-are-the-polish-lyrics-to-the-national-anthem-mazurek-dabrowskiego\">What are the Polish lyrics to the national anthem, <em>Mazurek D\u0105browskiego?<\/em><\/h2><p>Jeszcze Polska nie zgin\u0119\u0142a, Kiedy my \u017cyjemy. Co nam obca przemoc wzi\u0119\u0142a, Szabl\u0105 odbierzemy.<\/p><p><i>Chorus<\/i>Marsz, marsz, D\u0105browski,Z ziemi w\u0142oskiej do Polski.Za twoim przewodemZ\u0142\u0105czym si\u0119 z narodem.<\/p><p>Przejdziem Wis\u0142\u0119, przejdziem Wart\u0119,B\u0119dziem Polakami.Da\u0142 nam przyk\u0142ad Bonaparte,Jak zwyci\u0119\u017ca\u0107 mamy.<\/p><p><i>Chorus<\/i><\/p><p>Jak Czarniecki do PoznaniaPo szwedzkim zaborze,Dla ojczyzny ratowaniaWr\u00f3cim si\u0119 przez morze.<\/p><p><i>Chorus<\/i><\/p><p>Ju\u017c tam ojciec do swej BasiM\u00f3wi zap\u0142akany \u2013S\u0142uchaj jeno, pono nasiBij\u0105 w tarabany.<\/p><p><i>Chorus<\/i><\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Polish National Anthem\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KQTq07gihqg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/><\/div><\/figure><p><strong>Find more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/tag\/national-anthem-lyrics\/\">national anthem lyrics<\/a><\/strong><\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-who-composed-the-polish-national-anthem-poland-is-not-yet-lost\">Who composed the Polish national anthem, <em><b>Poland Is Not Yet Lost<\/b><\/em>?<\/h2><p>The lyrics were written by J\u00f3zef Wybicki in July 1797 to help boost the morale of the Polish solders serving in the Napoleonic armies under Jan Henryk D\u0105browski. It was hoped that their participation in these wars would help the Poles&#8217; case for independence as Poland was partitioned at the time and part of the Polish\u2013Lithuanian Commonwealth. <\/p><p>The lyrics served to feed the Poles&#8217; desire for an independent state and emphasise their belief that the state would not die while they were willing to fight for it. The song became one of Poland&#8217;s most popular patriotic songs, despite Poland not getting its independence till 1918.<\/p><p>The music is a based on a Polish <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/works\/best-folk-songs-15-most-famous-folk-songs\">folk song<\/a><\/strong>, which Wybicki adapted to fit the lyrics. <\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/musical-terms\/what-is-folk-music\">What is folk music?<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/works\/best-american-folk-songs\">Best American folk songs<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Published: Sunday, 16 June 2024 at 08:55 AM Read on to learn all about the national anthem of Poland, &#8216;Mazurek D\u0105browskiego&#8217; (&#8216;Poland Is Not Yet Lost&#8217;. We&#8217;ve got the lyrics in both Polish and English, together with some info about the anthem&#8217;s lyrics and music. What is the Polish national anthem? 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