Duma Rycerska [Knight's Pride] (Polish subtitles)

Song by Adam Czahrowski
Footage is from movie "Krzyżacy" 1960
I couldn't find English subtitles :(
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My videos are not political and they are for educational purporses only.
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[@patrioticarchive]

Epic!

[@Getman0001]

Very nice song

[@pawciox8972]

This is Epic

[@KilerMansters]

oo tak

[@sarahwaldock3196]

... hang on, this is the short version of the song. The last few verses are missing.

[@olgagaming5544]

Well, this was recorded on a vinyl in 1923 so they had around 20 minutes for a few songs to fit there

[@sarahwaldock3196]

@@olgagaming5544 right, that makes sense, thanks. I find the last three verses very moving.

[@olgagaming5544]

@@sarahwaldock3196 Oh not in 1923 but 1960 :D The translation from the full version would be: (well the full version is also on the YT but with a classic guitar as a music :D)

[@olgagaming5544]

@@sarahwaldock3196 00:00 Polish Knights' Song 00:14 Tell me, my graceful lute: 00:21 Can your song explain, 00:23 What can be more beautiful, 00:26 Than a man of a knightly life? 00:31 Nothing compares to frontier lands, 00:35 Where, when the ice thaws, 00:38 You'll see open plains, without bounds, 00:41 Laced with young grass. 00:45 You'll see oak groves blossoming, 00:49 Sundry fowl in the sky, 00:52 Herds of beasts, uncounted 00:55 Schools of fish, uncaught. 00:59 Where a lone fisherman ventures, 01:04 To cast his nets around, 01:05 Or, sent out to guard the woodland, 01:09 A master shot strikes down the game. 01:10 Or, through countless rapids, 01:21 A poor Dnepper Cossack, 01:18 Rows forth, fearful: 01:24 "Surviving on thin gruel" (1) 01:29 A hussar in a hardened armor 01:31 Holds his ground at the battle camp, 01:34 And, after a humble meal, 01:37 He'll stand his ready watch. 01:40 He tries his luck in a gallop wheel, (2) 01:42 Chases down rings with his lance, 01:46 But when a menace rises, 01:50 He'll leap out of the camp in uproar, 01:55 Under his splendid banners, 01:58 Trumpets and drums blaring, 02:00 He rides headlong by the woods: 02:03 For glory, or gain - as it may be, 02:08 There, youth withholds its favors, 02:10 As he wades around in blood, 02:13 He wipes out his crimson sword, 02:17 And wrings the red off his sleeves. 02:20 A quick arrow cuts down another one, 02:24 Wedged blood-deep in his heart. 02:26 The third one, stomped dead by horses, 02:28 Dies with nary a battle wound. 02:35 Behind that one, broken down, 02:37 The flank falls back, gives in, 02:39 And the victor, merciless, 02:42 Dispatches grim wounds in their backs. 02:47 Gathered 'round their spoils of war, 02:52 The knighthood, battle-worn, 02:52 Turns away from its deadly labors, 02:58 Praising God's due glory, 03:04 Giving thanks for the victory. 03:08 And, had they lost: 03:30 "Whichever side you chose to favor, 03:12 Still be praised forever, my Lord" 03:18 "Oh, God, who keeps in your graces, 03:22 The fate of the Knight-folk, 03:26 A humble soldier kindly asks you: 03:29 For his pain on Earth, repay him in Heaven."

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