Modern official Polish lyrics[9]
English translation
(original spelling)
English translation
I
Jeszcze Polska nie zginęła,
Kiedy my żyjemy.
Co nam obca przemoc wzięła,
Szablą odbierzemy.
1
[ˈjɛʂ.t͡ʂɛ ˈpɔl.ska ɲɛ zɡʲi.ˈnɛ.wa]
[ˈkʲjɛ.dɨ mɨ ʐɨ.ˈjɛ.mɨ]
[t͡sɔ nam ˈɔp.t͡sa ˈpʂɛ.mɔd͡z‿ˈvʑɛ.wa]
[ˈʂab.lɔ̃ ˈɔd.bʲjɛ.ʐɛ.mɨ]
I
Poland has not yet perished,
So long as we still live.
What the foreign force has taken from us,
We shall with sabre retrieve.
I
Jeszcze Polska nie umarła,
Kiedy my żyjemy
Co nam obca moc wydarła,
Szablą odbijemy.
I
Poland has not yet died,
So long as we still live.
What the foreign power has seized from us,
We shall recapture with a sabre.
Refren:
𝄆 Marsz, marsz, Dąbrowski,
Z ziemi włoskiej do Polski.
Za twoim przewodem
Złączym się z narodem. 𝄇
[ˈrɛf.rɛn]
[marʂ marʐ‿dɔm.ˈbrɔf.skʲi]
[z‿ˈʑɛ.mʲi ˈvwɔs.kʲjɛj dɔ ˈpɔl.skʲi]
[za ˈtfɔ.im pʂɛ.ˈvɔ.dɛm]
[ˈzwɔn.t͡ʂɨm ɕɛ z‿na.ˈrɔ.dɛm]
Chorus:
𝄆 March, march, Dąbrowski,
From Italy to Poland.
Under your command
We shall rejoin the nation. 𝄇
Refren:
𝄆 Marsz, marsz, Dąbrowski
Do Polski z ziemi włoski
Za twoim przewodem
Złączym się z narodem. 𝄇
Chorus:
𝄆 March, march, Dąbrowski,
To Poland from the Italian land.
Under your command
We shall rejoin the nation. 𝄇
II
Przejdziem Wisłę, przejdziem Wartę,
Będziem Polakami.
Dał nam przykład Bonaparte,
Jak zwyciężać mamy.
Refren
2
[ˈpʂɛj.d͡ʑɛm ˈvis.wɛ ˈpʂɛj.d͡ʑɛm ˈvar.tɛ]
[ˈbɛɲ.d͡ʑɛm pɔ.la.ˈka.mi]
[daw nam ˈpʂɨ.kwad‿bɔ.na.ˈpar.tɛ]
[jag‿zvɨ.ˈt͡ɕɛw̃.ʐat͡ɕ ˈma.mɨ]
[ˈrɛf.rɛn]
II
We'll cross the Vistula, we'll cross the Warta,
We shall be Polish.
Bonaparte has given us the example
Of how we should prevail.
Chorus
II
Przejdziem Wisłę, przejdziem Wartę
Będziem Polakami
Dał nam przykład Bonaparte
Jak zwyciężać mamy.
Refren
II
We'll cross the Vistula, we'll cross the Warta,
We shall be Polish.
Bonaparte has given us the example
Of how we should prevail.
Chorus
III
Jak Czarniecki do Poznania
Po szwedzkim zaborze,
Dla ojczyzny ratowania
Wrócim się przez morze.
Refren
3
[jak t͡ʂar.ˈɲɛt͡s.ki dɔ pɔ.ˈzna.ɲa]
[pɔ ˈʂfɛt͡s.kim za.ˈbɔ.ʐɛ]
[dla ɔj.ˈt͡ʂɨz.nɨ ra.tɔ.ˈva.ɲa]
[ˈvru.t͡ɕim ɕɛ pʂɛz‿ˈmɔ.ʐɛ]
[ˈrɛf.rɛn]
III
Like Czarniecki to Poznań
After the Swedish annexation,
To save our homeland,
We shall return across the sea.
Chorus
III
Jak Czarniecki do Poznania
Wracał się przez morze
Dla ojczyzny ratowania
Po szwedzkim rozbiorze.
Refren
III
Like Czarniecki to Poznań
Returned across the sea
To save his homeland
After the Swedish partition.
Chorus
IV
Niemiec, Moskal nie osiędzie,
Gdy jąwszy pałasza,
Hasłem wszystkich zgoda będzie
I ojczyzna nasza
Refren
IV
The German nor the Muscovite will settle
When, with a backsword in hand,
"Concord" will be everybody's watchword
And so will be our fatherland.
Chorus
IV
Już tam ojciec do swej Basi
Mówi zapłakany –
Słuchaj jeno, pono nasi
Biją w tarabany.
Refren
4
[juʂ tam ˈɔj.t͡ɕɛd͡z‿dɔ sfɛj ˈba.ɕi]
[ˈmu.vi za.pwaˈka.nɨ]
[ˈswu.xaj ˈjɛ.nɔ ˈpɔ.nɔ ˈna.ɕi]
[ˈbi.jɔw̃ f‿ta.ra.ˈba.nɨ]
[ˈrɛf.rɛn]
IV
A father, in tears,
Says to his Basia
Listen, our boys are said
To be beating the tarabans.
Chorus
V
Już tam ojciec do swej Basi
Mówi zapłakany
Słuchaj jeno, pono nasi
Biją w tarabany.
Refren
V
A father, in tears,
Says to his Basia
Listen, our boys are said
To be beating the tarabans.
Chorus
VI
Na to wszystkich jedne głosy
Dosyć tej niewoli
Mamy racławickie kosy
Kościuszkę Bóg pozwoli.
Refren
Republic of Poland
Rzeczpospolita Polska (Polish)
Anthem: Mazurek Dąbrowskiego
Capital
and largest city
Ethnic groups (2011)[2]
98% Poles
2% other/unanswered
Religion (2011)[3]
88.7% Christianity
87.6% Catholicism
1.1% other Christian
2.4% no religion
0.2% other
8.7% unanswered
Unitary parliamentary republic
Legislature
14 April 966
18 April 1025
• Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
1 July 1569
24 October 1795
11 November 1918
17 September 1939
22 July 1944
31 December 1989[4]
• Total
313,931 km2 (121,209 sq mi)[5] (69th)
• Water (%)
1.48 (2015)[6]
• 2022 census
• Density
122/km2 (316.0/sq mi) (98th)
2023 estimate
• Total
• Per capita
GDP (nominal)
2023 estimate
• Total
• Per capita
Gini (2020)
27.2[9]
low
HDI (2021)
0.876[10]
very high · 34th
Currency
Time zone
• Summer (DST)
Date format
dd.mm.yyyy (CE)
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Poland,[a] officially the Republic of Poland,[b] is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of 313,931 km2 (121,209 sq mi). Poland has a population of 38 million and is the fifth-most populous member state of the European Union. Warsaw is the nation's capital and largest metropolis. Other major cities include Kraków, Gdańsk, Wrocław, Katowice, Łódź, Poznań, Szczecin and Lublin.
Poland has a temperate transitional climate and its territory traverses the Central European Plain, extending from Baltic Sea in the north to Sudeten and Carpathian Mountains in the south. The longest Polish river is the Vistula, and Poland's highest point is Mount Rysy, situated in the Tatra mountain range of the Carpathians. The country is bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast,[c] Belarus and Ukraine to the east, Slovakia and the Czech Republic to the south, and Germany to the west. It also shares maritime boundaries with Denmark and Sweden.
The history of human activity on Polish soil dates to c. 10,000 BC. Culturally diverse throughout late antiquity, the region became inhabited by tribal Polans who gave Poland its name in the early medieval period. The establishment of statehood in 966 coincided with a pagan ruler of the Polans converting to Christianity under the auspices of the Roman Church. The Kingdom of Poland emerged in 1025 and in 1569 cemented its longstanding association with Lithuania, thus forming the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. It was one of the great powers of Europe at the time, with a uniquely liberal political system that adopted Europe's first modern constitution in 1791.
With the passing of a prosperous Polish Golden Age, the country was partitioned by neighbouring states at the end of the 18th century and regained its independence in 1918 as the Second Polish Republic. In September 1939, the invasion of Poland by Germany and the Soviet Union marked the beginning of World War II, which resulted in the Holocaust and millions of Polish casualties. As a member of the Communist Bloc in the global Cold War, the Polish People's Republic was a founding signatory of the Warsaw Pact. Through the emergence and contributions of the Solidarity movement, the communist government was dissolved and Poland re-established itself as a democratic state in 1989.
Poland is a parliamentary republic, with its bicameral legislature comprising the Sejm and the Senate. It is a developed market and a high income economy. Considered a middle power, Poland has the sixth largest economy in the European Union by GDP (nominal) and the fifth largest by GDP (PPP). It provides a very high standard of living, safety and economic freedom, as well as free university education and a universal health care system. The country has 17 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, 15 of which are cultural. Poland is a founding member state of the United Nations, as well as a member of the World Trade Organization, NATO, and the European Union (including the Schengen Area).
The coat of arms of Poland is a white, crowned eagle with a golden beak and talons, on a red background.
In Poland, the coat of arms as a whole is referred to as godło both in official documents and colloquial speech,[1] despite the fact that other coats of arms are usually called a herb (e.g. the Nałęcz herb or the coat of arms of Finland). This stems from the fact that in Polish heraldry, the word godło (plural: godła) means only a heraldic charge (in this particular case a white crowned eagle) and not an entire coat of arms, but it is also an archaic word for a national symbol of any sort.[2] In later legislation only the herb retained this designation; it is unknown why.
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