Homecoming

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Z okazji kończącego się roku Wisławy Szymborskiej chcielibyśmy podzielić się naszym wykonaniem „Homecoming” – utworu indonezyjskiego kompozytora Michaela Asmary napisanego w 1997 roku do Jej wiersza „Powroty” w przekładzie Adama Czerniawskiego.

At the end of Wisława Szymborska's Year, we would like to share our performance of "Homecoming" - a piece by Indonesian composer Michael Asmara written in 1997 to her poem "Powroty", translated by Adam Czerniawski.

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Powroty

Wrócił. Nic nie powiedział.
Było jednak jasne, ze spotkała go przykrość.
Położył się w ubraniu.
Schował głowę pod kocem.
Podkurczył kolana.
Ma około czterdziestki, ale nie w tej chwili.
Jest - ale tylko tyle ile w brzuchu matki
za siedmioma skórami, w obronnej ciemności.
Jutro wygłosi odczyt o homeostazie
w kosmonautyce metagalaktycznej.
Na razie zwinął się, zasnął.

Homecoming

He was back. Said nothing.
But it was clear something unpleasant had occurred.
He lay down in his suit.
Hid his head under the blanket.
Drew up his knees.
He’s about forty, but not at this moment.
He exists - but only as much as in his mother’s belly
behind seven skins, in protective darkness.
Tomorrow he is lecturing on homeostasis
In metagalactic space-travel.
But now he’s curled up and fallen asleep.

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released December 28, 2023
Muzyka: Michael Asmara
Słowa: Wisława Szymborska

Muzycy:
Małgorzata Heinrich, Marta Kramicz-Wierzgała, Zofia Kubaszewska, Agata Majak, Dawid Martin, Wiktoria Pająk, Malwina Prystawko, Aulia Rahayu Qisthina, Fitri Rachmayanti, Angelika Reszczyk, Mirella Satoto, Michał Siadaczka, Julia Szokal-Egierd

Nagrano 19 grudnia 2023.

Music: Michael Asmara
Words: Wisława Szymborska

Musicians:
Małgorzata Heinrich, Marta Kramicz-Wierzgała, Zofia Kubaszewska, Agata Majak, Dawid Martin, Wiktoria Pająk, Malwina Prystawko, Aulia Rahayu Qisthina, Fitri Rachmayanti, Angelika Reszczyk, Mirella Satoto, Michał Siadaczka, Julia Szokal-Egierd

Recorded December 19, 2023.

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Warsaw Gamelan Group Warsaw, Poland

Warsaw Gamelan Group is a Polish-Indonesian gamelan community. WGG performs mostly traditional Javanese music (karawitan Jawa), shadow theatre (wayang kulit) and dances, but its repertoire also includes Javanese popular music (dangdut, campur sari), as well as new compositions written by contemporary composers (both Indonesian and Western). ... more

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