Polish songs with beautiful melody by Magda Umer

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Magda Umer (/ˈʊmɛər/; born Małgorzata Magda Umer, October 9, 1949) is a Polish singer[1] and performer of sung poetry, journalist, author, film director, screenwriter, actress, and author of recitals.

Biography

She was born to Edward Umer, the head of the Special Section of the Main Directorate of Information of the Polish Army[2] and Stanisława Umer. Her father was Jewish,[3] son of Otylia and Wincenty Umer, brother of Adam Humer. Both of Magda Umer's parents were atheists, she converted to Roman Catholicism as an adult.[4] Her godmother was an actress Kalina Jędrusik.

She graduated from Klement Gottwald High School in Warsaw (now the Stanisław Staszic High School). Later she studied at the Faculty of Polish Philology at Warsaw University. She made her debut in the late 1960s by singing in student cabarets.

Magda Umer has got two sons - Mateusz and Franciszek.
Awards and honors
Winner of the Opole Song Festival.
By order of the President of the Republic of 15 December 2000 "for outstanding contribution to the activities of the student movement, for achievements in social work" Umer was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of the Restoration of Poland.



My favourite of all time

Dream Herbs by Magda Umer


When life bores and tires me
I run far away from evil thoughts
Because it is the best
when dream herbs help us
bear all those things around
Dream mixes with reality
reality with dream
I am going to forget all I know
And then, annoying the whole world and you, too, a little,
I am sneaking out, drifting away

Fluffy angels are carrying me away
Up high, beyond clouds where God walks
And after I arrive at the very gates
I carefully open them and stand still in amazement.

Irises and cypresses, olive orchard
Angelic music around, true paradise,
At last I am lost among stars,
strolling through grass
With no worries, no important matters
And when I am tired of this edenic picnic
despite all these saints here
because nobody loves as you do
I cling to cold clouds
and I miss so much, falling down


tbc

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Autumn concerto on two crickets and wind in the chimney



Outside our window falls the rain
On the stove, a grasshopper tunes the fiddle
Girls cry for the end of summer
Only from afar one hears

A fall concert for two grasshoppers and a chimney wind
A strawman fell asleep under a pear tree
And dreams of a beautiful girl
And a roadside scarecrow counts the willows
Dancing upon the meadow in a field mouse's embrace

A concert, a concert, a fall concert for two grasshoppers and a chimney wind
The concert that will die out with the Indian summer

Tree trunks long ago covered themselves with moss
The wind blew away still another day
Among the field stubble fires have lit tup
In the distance wends along
a fall concert for two grasshoppers and a chimney wind
A strawman fell asleep under a pear tree
And dreams of a beautiful girl
And a roadside scarecrow counts the willows
Dancing upon the meadow in a field mouse's embrace

And the roadside scarecrow counts the willows
Dancing upon the meadow in a field mouse's embrace
The concert that will die out with the Indian summer

The scent of the harvest has long ago aired out
Tightly all doors have been closed
The people wait if perhaps tomorrow will be white
Under the stove quietly plays
A fall concert for two grasshoppers and a chimney wind
Fled to the road, fell in love with the willow, and suddently floated away
And the scarecrow lies lonely in the field
The mouse forsook him and fled to the barn
A concert, a concert, a fall concert for two grasshoppers and a chimney wind
Today, along with the grasshoppers, it went to sleep for the winter.

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A song by a desperate woman

Chestnut trees are rustling


Chestnut trees are rustling and spring can be smelled
Remember, my darling, to adopt a joyful
Countenance to greet spring like a pretty maiden
For everything that was stupid and evil
For everything, I am so sorry.

Don`t be angry for all my moaning
Forget everything that didn`t exist
Forget my stupid remarks at the table
Stop thinking about inappropriate jokes
I am sorry for the sun, for the rain
For everything you want.

Chestnut trees are rustling, trees and lilacs
Remember, darling, remember that in
connection with the spring which might come tomorrow
Adopt a little smile and don`t eye me so sadly
Forget everything that was silly and evil
Forget, forget, I am so sorry.

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Another awesome song by Umer. So seasonal.

Autumnal meditation


I have nothing
The autumn has blown me away
I have no idea how things are going in the forest
I get up in the morning, praise the poem,
I take the words like bread
Actually, like the moon, people know only one side of me - autumnal.