Poles celebrate 96th anniversary of national anthem – “Dąbrowski’s Mazurka”
“Dąbrowski’s Mazurka”, a popular patriotic song composed by Józef Wybicki was adopted as Poland’s national anthem 96 years ago.
Since 26 February 1927, Dąbrowski’s Mazurka, a song of Polish Legions fighting under Napoleon Bonaparte in late 18th century, has been the official anthem of Poland. It was written by Józef Wibicki during his visit to Italy. Its name is a tribute to polish general, creator of Polish Legions in Italy.
Four verses of the national anthem are now considered official:
Poland has not yet perished,
So long as we still live.
What the foreign force has taken from us,
We shall with sabre retrieve.
𝄆 March, march, Dąbrowski,
From Italy to Poland.
Under your command
We shall rejoin the nation. 𝄇
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.
𝄆 March, march, Dąbrowski
Like Czarniecki to Poznań
After the Swedish annexation,
To save our homeland,
We shall return across the sea.
𝄆 March, march, Dąbrowski
A father, in tears,
Says to his Basia
Listen, our boys are said
To be beating the tarabans.
𝄆 March, march, Dąbrowski