Zbigniew Preisner - PIOTR

PIOTR

Monument to PIOTR - Krystyna Borkowska-Niemojewska i Łukasz Niemojewski

Lyrics, music and performance Zbigniew Preisner
Piano: Leszek Możdżer
Guitars: Mitch Dalton, Ric Bolton, John Parricelli
Bas guitars: Andy Pask
Percussion: Wojciech Kowalewski
Background vocals: Tamara Kalinowska, Beata Rybotycka, Dorota Ślęzak

Recording engineer: Rafał Paczkowski
Mix: Geoff Foster
Editing for Preisner Productions: Filmmejkers
The video includes photos from private archive.
©+℗ Preisner Productions


PIOTR
Lyrics by Zbigniew Preisner
Translated by B&T Howard

Night after night – in the long years
When we dreamed the days through
Time like a clock was striking us
What it measured, no-one knew

Because all that was meant to last
Maybe five years or less
All that was meant to last – wasn’t it? –
Maybe five years
Though the world has all changed – we’re here!
It’ll twirl once again – we’ll be here, be here!

Masses of notes were sung here
Hundreds of speeches declaimed
In the bad times and when rain fell
We had laughter, laughed all the way.

And all that was meant to last
Maybe five years or less
O, Piotr!
Though all that was meant to last – wasn’t it? –
Maybe five years
Though the world has all changed – we’re here!
It’ll twirl once again – we’ll be here, be here!

Piotr, today, when you are gone
We raise this song to Heaven
Stay there and watch over us
Night after night strewn with stars

And all that was meant to last – wasn’t it? –
Maybe five years – or less
O, Piotr…
And all that was meant to last – wasn’t it? –
Maybe five years
Though the world has all changed – We’re here!
It’ll twirl once again – we’ll be here – Be here!