POLISH LITERATURE IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION

KEY TO SYMBOLS USED IN ENTRIES

Anonymous -- "Fame"
  Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, IN: Slavica Publishers. 1996. 173.

Anonymous -- "On Proud Masters"
  Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, IN: Slavica Publishers. 1996. 170.

Anonymous -- "On Youth and Love"
  Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, IN: Slavica Publishers. 1996. 170.

Anonymous -- "Running to the Stable"
  Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, IN: Slavica Publishers. 1996. 173-4.

Anonymous -- "Time Destroys Everything"
  Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, IN: Slavica Publishers. 1996. 173.

Anonymous -- "Twelve Songs on the Siege of the Bright Mountains of Częstochowa": excerpts.
  Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, IN: Slavica Publishers. 1996. 170-2.

Fabian Birkowski (1566-1636)
No English translations of his work appear to be available at this time.

Klemens Bolesławiusz (1625-1689)
No English translations of his work appear to be available at this time.

Wojciech Stanisław Chróściński (Chruściński) (1665-after 1717)
No English translations of his work appear to be available at this time.

Krzysztof Dorohostajski (1562-1615)
No English translations of his work appear to be available at this time.

Jan Dzwonowski (?-?)
No English translations of his work appear to be available at this time.

Andrzej Fredro (1620-1679)
No English translations of his work appear to be available at this time.

Jan Gawiński (circa 1622-circa 1684)
  4 Poems. Trans. several. Poets and Poetry of Poland: A Collection of Polish Verse. Ed. Paul Soboleski. Milwaukee, WI: Paul Soboleski Society. 1929.

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• "Bones on the Battlefield." 77.
• "Pastoral (Sielanka)." 74-77.
• "The Ploughman and the Lark." 77.
• "Soldier Slain." 77.

  4 Poems. from Specimens of the Polish Poets; with Notes and Observations on the Literature of Poland. Trans. and Ed. John Bowring. London: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy. 1827.

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• "Bones on the Battlefield." 117.
• "The Ploughman and the Lark." 118.
• "Sielanka." 113-117.
• "Soldier Slain." 118.

Jakub Kazimierz Haur (1637-1709)
No English translations of his work appear to be available at this time.

Stanisław Serafin Jagodyński (circa 1590-circa 1644)
  "A Bad Woman." Trans. Mirosław Lipiński. Treasury of Polish Love: Poems, Quotations, Proverbs in Polish and English. Ed. Mirosław Lipiński. New York: Hippocrene. 1995. 26-27.

Marek Jakimowski (?-?)
No English translations of his work appear to be available at this time.

Jan Łazarzowic Januszowski (Podworzewski) (1550-1613)
No English translations of his work appear to be available at this time.

Mikołaj Jemiołowski (circa 1620-circa 1693)
No English translations of his work appear to be available at this time.

Olbrycht Karmanowski (?-?)
No English translations of his work appear to be available at this time.

Piotr Kochanowski (1566-1620)
  Gofred, or Jerusalem Delivered: excerpt of Kochanowski's Polish translation of Torquatto Tasso's Gerusaleme Liberata. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, IN: Slavica Publishers. 1996. 66-69.

Wespazjan Kochowski (1633-1700)
  4 Poems. Trans. Bogdana Carpenter/John R. Carpenter. Monumenta Polonica: The First Four Centuries of Polish Poetry. A Bilingual Anthology. Ed. Bogdana Carpenter. Ann Arbor: [University of] Michigan Slavic Publications. 1989. 365-383.

• "A Curse on the Sons of the Cross."
• "A Full Glass for Victory."
• "A Monument for Brave Soldiers."
• "Psalm XXVI."

  6 Poems. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, IN: Slavica Publishers. 1996.

• "A Curse on the Sons of the Crown Who Break Up the Diets." 149-150.
• "Polish Epigrams In Our Language: Trifles."
  • "Gold Scepters: Insignia of the Renowned Academy." 151-152.
  • "Old-fashioned Manners." 152.
  • "Pares ab Adam." 152
  
  
• "Requirements for Good Cheer." 152.
• "Song XVII: A Monument to the Brave Soldiers Fallen on the Battlefield of Batoh with Their Hetman Marcin Kalinowski, Voivode of Czernichów." 147-148.

  "Deus, Auribus Nostris Audivimus: Paean of Thanksgiving for the Victory at Vienna." Trans. Gerard T. Kapolka. The Polish Review 28.3 (1983): 5-6.

Stanisław Herakliusz Lubomirski (1642-1702)
   An Account of the Secret Services of Monsieur de Vernay, the French Minister at Ratisbonne to Count Teckeley: As They Pass'd by Way of Letter, with the Cypher and Key Taken from the Original, Printed in French at Ratisbonne: Together with the Speech and Memorial of the Imperial Minister Zorowiski, Deliver'd to the King of Poland: to Which is Added Mercurius Panegyricus.. Trans. unknown. Ratisbonne: 1683.
  3 Poems. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś at Staropolska On-line.

• "A quiet moment comes after a storm . . ."
• "Somnus."
• "Sonnet on the Great Suffering of Jesus Christ."

  3 Poems. Trans. Bogdana Carpenter/John R. Carpenter and Harold B. Segel. Monumenta Polonica: The First Four Centuries of Polish Poetry. A Bilingual Anthology. Ed. Bogdana Carpenter. Ann Arbor: [University of] Michigan Slavic Publications. 1989. 385-393.
  6 Poems. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, IN: Slavica Publishers. 1996.

• "The Poems of Lent: Coepit Lavare Discipulorum Pedes [He Began to Wash the Disciples' Feet]." 161.
• "A Quiet Moment Comes After a Storm." 162-163.
• "The River Tiger." 162.
• "Sarah's Prayer." 161.
• "Somnus." 158-159.
• "Sonnet on the Great Suffering of Jesus Christ." 160.

Marianna Marchocka (Mother Teresa of Jesus) (1603-1652)
  Spiritual Autobiography of a Carmelite Nun. Trans. and ed. Ursula Phillips. Toronto: Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies, Victoria U. in U. Toronto. Forthcoming.

Samuel Maskiewicz (circa 1580-1640)
No English translations of his work appear to be available at this time.

Anna Memorata (1612-?)
No English translations of her work appear to be available at this time.

Kasper Miaskowski (circa 1550-1622)
   2 Poems. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś at Staropolska On-line.

• "On Harvest."
• "On a Painted Glass Goblet."

  2 Poems. Trans. several. Poets and Poetry of Poland: A Collection of Polish Verse. Ed. Paul Soboleski. Milwaukee, WI: Paul Soboleski Society. 1929.

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• "Dialogue between Death and a Young Maiden." 58-59.
• "Who Is a True Sailor?" 59.

  3 Poems. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Renaissance Literature: an Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, OH: Slavica. 1995.

• "The Elegy of Penitence to the Holiest Virgin and Mother." 273-274.
• "On Harvest." 275.
• "On a Painted Glass Goblet." 274-275.

  "On a Painted Glass Goblet." Trans. Bogdana Carpenter/John R. Carpenter. Monumenta Polonica: The First Four Centuries of Polish Poetry. A Bilingual Anthology. Ed. Bogdana Carpenter. Ann Arbor: [University of] Michigan Slavic Publications. 1989. 227-229.

Jakub Michałowski (1612-1663)
No English translations of his work appear to be available at this time.

Hieronim Morsztyn (circa 1581 - circa 1623)
   2 Poems. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś at Jan Rybicki's Polish Modern Poetry website.

• "A Man."
• "Mors Ultima Linea Rerum."

   3 Poems. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś at Staropolska On-line.

• "A Man."
• "Mors Ultima Linea Rerum."
• "A Pleasant Counsel."

  4 Poems. Trans. Bogdana Carpenter/John R. Carpenter. Monumenta Polonica: The First Four Centuries of Polish Poetry. A Bilingual Anthology. Ed. Bogdana Carpenter. Ann Arbor: [University of] Michigan Slavic Publications. 1989. 267-277.

• "Fortunate Years."
• "Steward Wealth."
• "Time."
• "Worldly Pleasure."

  6 Poems. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, IN: Slavica Publishers. 1996.

• "A Man." 81-82.
• "Mors Ultima Linea Rerum" ("Death Is the Line That Marks the End of All"). 81.
• "Non Licet Plus Efferre, Quam Intuleris" ("You May Take Away No More Than You Brought In"). 80.
• "A Pleasant Counsel." 82.
• "Time." 80-81.
• "To Niemsta on His Third Marriage." 82.

Jan Andrzej Morsztyn (1621-1693)
  4 Poems. Treasury of Polish Love: Poems, Quotations, Proverbs in Polish and English. Ed. Mirosław Lipiński. New York: Hippocrene. 1995.

• "A Smart Maid." Trans. Mirosław Lipiński. 24-25.
• "To a Butterfly." Trans. Mirosław Lipiński. 22-23.
• "To His Mistress." Trans. Watson Kirkconnell. 20-21.
• "To Walek." Trans. Mirosław Lipiński. 24-25.

  4 Poems. Love Poems from Around the World. Ed. Editors of Hippocrene Books. Hippocrene. 2000.

• "A Butterfly." Trans. not identified. 322.
• "A Smart Maid." Trans. not identified. 323.
• "To His Mistress." Trans. not identified. 322.
• "To Walek." Trans. not identified. 323.

  9 Poems. Trans. Michael J.Mikoś at Staropolska On-line.

• "Bee in Amber."
• "A Clever Maiden."
• "Inconstancy" ["Sooner one will bag the wind . . ."].
• "Inconstancy" ["Your eyes are fire . . ."].
• "On His Young Lady."
• "To a Butterfly: Sonnet."
• "To a Corpse: Sonnet."
• "To a Young Lady."
• "The Wonders of Love: Sonnet."

  10 Poems. Trans. Bogdana Carpenter/John R. Carpenter and Harold B. Segel. Monumenta Polonica: The First Four Centuries of Polish Poetry. A Bilingual Anthology. Ed. Bogdana Carpenter. Ann Arbor: [University of] Michigan Slavic Publications. 1989. 303-323.

• "Bee in Amber."
• "Departure."
• "Inconstancy: 'The sooner will you trap the wind . . .'"
• "On His Mistress."
• "On the Little Cross on a Certain Lady's Breast."
• "A Smart Maiden."
• "To a Butterfly."
• "To a Corpse."
• "To His Mistress."
• "To Walek."

   11 Poems. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś at Jan Rybicki's Polish Modern Poetry website.

• "Bee in Amber."
• "The Fair Sex."
• "Inconstancy" ("Sooner one will bag the wind . . .")
• "Inconstancy" ("Your eyes are fire . . .").
• "On His Young Lady."
• "Safe Treasure."
• "To a Butterfly."
• "To a Corpse."
• "To the Same Lady."
• "To a Young Lady."
• "The Wonders of Love."

  13 Poems. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, IN: Slavica Publishers. 1996.

• "Bee in Amber." 115.
• "A Clever Maiden." 115.
• "The Fair Sex." 113.
• "Inconstancy" ["Sooner one will bag the wind . . ."]. 112.
• "Inconstancy" ["Your eyes are fire . . ."]. 114.
• "On His Young Lady." 113.
• "To the Same Lady." 113-114.
• "Safe Treasure." 114.
• "To a Butterfly: Sonnet." 118.
• "To a Corpse: Sonnet." 116.
• "To a Lady." 115
• "To a Young Lady." 114.
• "The Wonders of Love: Sonnet." 115-116.

   Amoretti: na glos, lutnie i viole da gamba [For Voice, Lute and Viola da Gamba]. [Musical Score] Marek Stachowski, with lyrics by Morsztyn and Edmund Spenser. Krakow: Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne. 1992. Bilingual.
  "Fickle." Trans. Jarosław Zawadzki.

•   Wolne Lektury. Modern Poland Foundation.
•   Selected Masterpieces of Polish Poetry. Ed. Jarosław Zawadzki. Shenzhen, 2007. 18-19. E-book in PDF format.
•   Selected Masterpieces of Polish Poetry. Ed. Jarosław Zawadzki. Shenzhen, 2007. 18-19.

  "To a Corpse." Trans. and Ed. Jarosław Zawadzki. Selected Masterpieces of Polish Poetry. Shenzhen, 2007. 20-21.

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  "To His Mistress." Trans. unknown. Slavonic Review 14 (July 1935): 2.

Zbigniew Morsztyn (1633-1700)
  5 Poems. Trans. Bogdana Carpenter/John R. Carpenter. Monumenta Polonica: The First Four Centuries of Polish Poetry. A Bilingual Anthology. Ed. Bogdana Carpenter. Ann Arbor: [University of] Michigan Slavic Publications. 1989. 325-349.

• "Emblem 8: `My heart, scorched and burned . . .'"
• "Emblem 41: `My Bridegroom, onto Your own holy hands . . .'"
• "Human Thought."
• "The Nose."
• "Song of Captivity."

  8 Poems. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, IN: Slavica Publishers. 1996.

• "Emblem 8." 143.
• "Emblem 39." 143-144.
• "Emblem 41." 144-145.
• "Emblem 47." 145.
• "Epitaph: For Both Parents." 142.
• "Epitaph: For Captain Paweł Morsztyn, Killed at Batoh." 142.
• "Song of Captivity." 136-141.
• "To a Virtuous Lady." 136.

  "Emblem 51." Trans. Jerzy Peterkiewicz and Burns Singer. World Poetry: An Anthology of Verse from Antiquity to Our Time. Ed. Katharine Washburn and John S. Major. W.W. Norton. 1998. 658.
  Emblems. Trans. Anita Jones Debska. Torun, PL: The Attic Press. 2010.

Magdalena Mortęska (1554-1631)
No English translations of her work appear to be available at this time.

Daniel Naborowski (1573-1640)
  3 Poems. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś at Staropolska On-line.

• "The Brevity of Life."
• "To Ann."
• "Virtue is the Root of Everything."

  5 Poems. Trans. Bogdana Carpenter/John R. Carpenter and Harold B. Segel. Monumenta Polonica: The First Four Centuries of Polish Poetry. A Bilingual Anthology. Ed. Bogdana Carpenter. Ann Arbor: [University of] Michigan Slavic Publications. 1989. 255-265.

• "The Brevity of Life."
• "On the Eyes of the English Princess."
• "On the Same Subject."
• "Spectacle: Calando Poggiando, Now Up, Now Down."
• "To Anna."

  8 Poems. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, IN: Slavica Publishers. 1996.

• "A Bad Wife." 74.
• "The Brevity of Life." 75.
• "Epitaph for Jan Kochanowski, Polish Poet." 74-75.
• "On the Same." 75-76.
• "An Unexpected Response." 74.
• "Virtue is the Root of Everything." 76-77.
• "Votum." 77-78.

  "The Raspberry." Trans. not identified. The Polish Land: An Anthology in Prose and Verse. Ed. Marion Moore Coleman. Compiled by Klub Polski of Columbia University. Trenton, NJ: White Eagle Publishing. 1943. 97.
  "Vanity." Trans. and Ed. Jarosław Zawadzki. Selected Masterpieces of Polish Poetry. Shenzhen, 2007. 26-27.

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Krzysztof Opaliński (1605-1655)
  "Satire III: On Burdens and Oppressions of Peasants in Poland." Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, IN: Slavica Publishers. 1996. 104-108.

Łukasz Opaliński (1612-1662)
  "Coffin--the Measure of Things" from The New Poet. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, IN: Slavica Publishers. 1996. 110-111.

Jerzy Ossoliński (1595-1650) 
  [Ottoman Threat to Poland] A True Copy of the Latine Oration of the Escellent Lord George Ossolinski, Count Palatine of Tenizyn and Sendomyria, Chamberlain to the Kings Majestie of Poland . . . As It Was Pronounced to His Majestie . . .With the Translation of the Same into English: commanded by His Majestie to Be Published in Print.. Trans. unknown. London: Printed [by George Purslowe] for W. Lee. 1621. In book and microform; also available via Proquest's Early English Books Online (library subscription service).

Paweł Palczowski (circa 1570-1609)
No English translations of his work appear to be available at this time.

Jan Chryzostom Pasek (1636-1701)
  Memoirs: excerpts. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, IN: Slavica Publishers. 1996. 164-169.
  Memoirs of Jan Chryzostom z Goslawic Pasek . Trans. Maria Swiecicka-Ziemianek. New York: Kosciusko Foundation. 1971, 1978.
  Memoirs of the Polish Baroque: the Writings of Jan Chryzostom Pasek, a Squire of the Commonwealth of Poland and Lithuania. Ed. and trans. Catherine S. Leach. Berkeley: U California P. 1976.

Anna Teresa Piotrowczykowa (?-?)
No English translations of her work appear to be available at this time.

Jadwiga Piotrowczykowa (?-?)
No English translations of her work appear to be available at this time.

Wacław Potocki (1621-1696)
   2 Poems. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś at Jan Rybicki's Polish Modern Poetry website.

• "What the Eyes Cannot See, the Heart Does Not Regret."
• "The World -- a Prison."

  3 Poems. Trans. Bogdana Carpenter/John R. Carpenter and Harold B. Segel. Monumenta Polonica: The First Four Centuries of Polish Poetry. A Bilingual Anthology. Ed. Bogdana Carpenter. Ann Arbor: [University of] Michigan Slavic Publications. 1989. 351-363.

• "Let it Sleep, Drunk."
• "The War of Khotim."
• "What Time Finds, Time Ruins."

  10 Poems. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, IN: Slavica Publishers. 1996.

• "Let the Drunk World Sleep: Third Poem on the Subject." 127-128.
• "Man's Life." 127.
• "On My Poems." 126.
• The Progress of the War of Chocim: selections. 119-123.
• "Shaved or Shorn." 126.
• "What Man Cannot Conceal." 125.
• "What the Eyes Cannot See, the Heart Does Not Regret: On the Eyes Getting Dim in Old Age." 128-129.
• "What Time Finds, Time Ruins." 125.
• "Wise Answers." 126-127.
• "The World--a Prison." 125.

  "Marriage." Trans. Mirosław Lipiński. Treasury of Polish Love: Poems, Quotations, Proverbs in Polish and English. Ed. Mirosław Lipiński. New York: Hippocrene. 1995. 26-27.
  "On His Own Poems." Trans. editors of The Sarmatian Review. The Sarmatian Review 13.3 (Sept. 1993).
  "Winter, Before the War." Trans. Jerzy Peterkiewicz and Burns. Singer. World Poetry: An Anthology of Verse from Antiquity to Our Time. Ed. Katharine Washburn and John S. Major. W.W. Norton. 1998. 659.

Hiacynt Przetocki (1599-1655)
No English translations of his work appear to be available at this time.

Walenty Roździeński (circa 1560-1622)
  Officina Ferraria: A Polish Poem of 1612 Describing the Noble Craft of Ironwork. Trans. Stefan Pluszczewski. Ed. Wacław Rozanski and Cyril Stanley Smith. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 1977.

Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski ("Casimire") (1595-1640)
   3 Poems. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś at Jan Rybicki's Polish Modern Poetry website.

• "Longing for the Heavenly Homeland."
• "To My Lute."
• "To the Holy Virgin Mother."

  4 Poems. Trans. several. Poets and Poetry of Poland: A Collection of Polish Verse. Ed. Paul Soboleski. Milwaukee, WI: Paul Soboleski Society. 1929.

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• "A Thought." 87.
• "To the Cicada." 82.
• "To Liberty." 83-87.
• "To the Polish and Lithuanian Knights." 82-83.

  4 Odes. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś at Staropolska On-line.

• I 19: "Longing for the Heavenly Homeland."
• II 3: "To My Lute."
• II 19: "From the Song of Songs."
• II 26: "To the Holy Virgin Mother."

  7 Poems. from Specimens of the Polish Poets; with Notes and Observations on the Literature of Poland. Trans. and Ed. John Bowring. London: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy. 1827.

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• "Alcaics: To his Lyre." 104.
• "Choriambics: To the Cicada." 103-104.
• Sapphics: "To a Rose." 98-99.
• Sapphics: "To the Polish and Lithuanian Knights." 99-102.
• Sapphics: "To Publius." 102-103.
• "To Liberty." 105-110.

  7 Odes. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś (from the Polish; trans. from Latin into Polish variously). Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, IN: Slavica Publishers. 1996.

• I 19: "Longing for the Heavenly Homeland." Based on a Latin-to-Polish translation by Władysław Syrokomla. 89-90.
• II 3: "To My Lute." Based on a Latin-to-Polish translation by Jan Andrzej Morsztyn. 91.
• II 3: "To My Lute." Based on a Latin-to-Polish translation by Tadeusz Karyłowski. 92.
• II 19: "From the Song of Songs: My Beloved Is Like a Roe or Like a Young Hart." Based on a Latin-to-Polish translation by Tadeusz Karyłowski. 92-93.
• II 26: "To the Holy Virgin Mother." Based on a Latin-to-Polish translation by Julian Ejsmond. 93-94.
• II 26: "To the Holy Virgin Mother: When Poland Was Afflicted by Storms, Famine, and War." Based on a Latin-to-Polish translation by Tadeusz Karyłowski. 94.
• III 3: "To Cardinal Francesco Barberini: Compassion Is a Great Attribute of Princes." Based on a Latin-to-Polish translation by Tadeusz Karyłowski. 94.

  Casimir Britannicus: English Translations, Paraphrases, and Emulations of the Poetry of Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski. Ed. Krzysztof Fordoński and Piotr Urbański. London: Modern Humanities Research Association. 2008 ed.; also 2010 rev. ed.
  The Odes of Casimire. Trans. G. H. London: Printed by T.W. for Humphrey Moseley. 1646. Available via Proquest's Early English Books Online (library subscription service).
  The Odes of Casimire. Trans. G. Hils.

•   Augustan Reprint Society Publication #44. Los Angeles: William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, U California. 1953. [Another edition--New York: Kraus Reprint Corp. 1967.]
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  The Rose. [Musical score.] Trans. John Hervey. London: P.H. 1775.
  Wood-Notes: the Silviludia Poetica. Trans. unknown. Newcastle, Eng: M.A. Richardson. 1848.
  Translations from Casimir, &c. With Poems, Odes, and Specimens of Latin Prose. [Trans. and?] Ed. Jesse Kitchener. London: Priestley, 1821.

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Simeon of Poland (Simeon Lehatsi) (1584-circa 1637)
  "An Armenian Pilgrimage to Rome." from The Travel Accounts of Simeon of Poland. Trans. George A. Bournoutian. In Orientations: An Anthology of East European Travel Writing, ca. 1550-2000. Ed. Wendy Bracewell. New York: Central European University Press. 2009. 25-27.
  The Travel Accounts of Simeon of Poland. Trans. George A. Bournoutian. Costa Mesa, CA: Mazda Pub. 2007.

Piotr Skarga (1536-1612)
  From Sermons to the Diet: "Eighth Sermon: On the Sixth Illness of the Commonwealth . . ." (excerpt). Trans. Michael J. Mikoś at Staropolska On-line.
  Eighth Sermon ("On the Sixth Illness of the Commonwealth . . .") from Sermons to the Diet. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Renaissance Literature: an Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, OH: Slavica. 1995. 123-135.
  The Eucharist Trans. Edward J. Dworaczyk.

•   Milwaukee: The Bruce Company. 1939.
•   Whitefish, MT: Kessinger Publishing. 2010. Reprint on demand.
•   Whitefish, MT: Creative Licencing, LLC. 2013.

Jakub Sobieski (1590-1646)
No English translations of his work appear to be available at this time.

Jan III Sobieski (1629-1696)
  2 Letters. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, IN: Slavica Publishers. 1996.

• "In the Visier's Tents, September 13 [1683], at Night." 132-135.
• "Letters to Marysieńka: Pielaskowice, on Tuesday, [June 9, 1665]." 130-132.

Anna Stanisławska (1652-1700)
  A Transaction or an Account of the Entire Life of an Orphan Girl by way of Plaintful Threnodies in the Year 1685: The Aesop Episode. Trans. Barry Keane. Warsaw, PL: Sub Lupa Academic Publishing. 2013.

Szymon Starowolski (circa 1588-1656)
  2 Pieces. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, IN: Slavica Publishers. 1996.

• "Lament of the Distressed Mother, the Polish Crown." 86-88.
• "Stanisław Żółkiewski" from Sarmatian Warriors. 83- 86.

Szymon Szymonowic (Simon Simonides) (1558-1629)
  5 Poems. Trans. several. Poets and Poetry of Poland: A Collection of Polish Verse. Ed. Paul Soboleski. Milwaukee, WI: Paul Soboleski Society. 1929.

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• "The Hare." 68.
• "The Old Cock." 68.
• "Sielanka I: Pastoral Eclogue - Daphnis." 61-63.
• "Sielanka XIV: Witchcraft - The Jealous Wife." 64-68.
• "The Wolf." 68.

  5 Poems. from Specimens of the Polish Poets; with Notes and Observations on the Literature of Poland. Trans. and Ed. John Bowring. London: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy. 1827.

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• Epigram: "The Hare." 81.
• Epigram: "The Old Cock." 82.
• Epigram: "The Wolf." 81.
• "Sielanka I, Pastoral Eclogue." 70-74.
• "Sielanka XIV, Witchcraft." 74-81.

  "The Reapers." Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Renaissance Literature: an Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, OH: Slavica. 1995. 262-269.
  "The Weddings Cakes" and "The Suitors" (excerpt). Trans. Bogdana Carpenter/John R. Carpenter. Monumenta Polonica: The First Four Centuries of Polish Poetry. A Bilingual Anthology. Ed. Bogdana Carpenter. Ann Arbor: [University of] Michigan Slavic Publications. 1989. 231-247.

Jakub Teodor Trembecki (1643-circa 1719)
  4 Poems. Trans. Mirosław Lipiński. Treasury of Polish Love: Poems, Quotations, Proverbs in Polish and English. Ed. Mirosław Lipiński. New York: Hippocrene. 1995.

• "The Fair Sex." 28-29.
• "A Lutheran Minister." 28-29.
• "To One Lady." 26-27.
• "A Woman's Inheritance." 28-29.

Kasper Twardowski (circa 1592-1641)
No English translations of his work appear to be available at this time.

Samuel Twardowski (1600-1660)
  4 Poems. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, IN: Slavica Publishers. 1996.

• Daphne Changed Into a Laurel Tree: selections. 96-100.
• "Epitaph for Sir Samuel Twardowski, Polish Poet, Written by Himself in 1661." 102.
• "Fair Pasqualina": selection. 100-101.
• "To Marianna Twardowska: My Delightful Child, Only Daughter, Written by Her Father." 101-102.

Piotr Zblitowski (1569-1649)
No English translations of his work appear to be available at this time.

Bartłomiej Zimorowic (1597-1673)
  3 Poems. Trans. Bogdana Carpenter/John R. Carpenter. Monumenta Polonica: The First Four Centuries of Polish Poetry. A Bilingual Anthology. Ed. Bogdana Carpenter. Ann Arbor: [University of] Michigan Slavic Publications. 1989. 293-301.

• "Lasota."
• "Miłosz."
• "The Singers."

Szymon Zimorowic (1608-1629)
  4 Poems. Trans. several. Poets and Poetry of Poland: A Collection of Polish Verse. Ed. Paul Soboleski. Milwaukee, WI: Paul Soboleski Society. 1929.

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• "Sielanka" ["Maid of Roxolania fair! . . ."]. 72-73.
• "Sielanka" ["Rosina, while dancing an orange convey'd . . ."]. 72.
• "Sielanka" ["Zephyr! that gently o'er Ukraine art flying . . ."]. 71-72.
• "Song." 70-1.

  5 Poems. from Specimens of the Polish Poets; with Notes and Observations on the Literature of Poland. Trans. and Ed. John Bowring. London: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy. 1827.

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• "Sielanka" ["It is not gold I entreat . . ."]. 90-92.
• "Sielanka" ["Maid of Roxolania fair! . . ."]. 93-94.
• "Sielanka" ["Rosina while dancing, an orange conveyed . . ."]. 92-93.
• "Sielanka" ["Zephyr! that gently o'er Ukraine art flying . . ."'. 88-89.
• "Song" ["I saw thee from my casement high . . ."]. 86-88.

  5 Poems. Trans. Bogdana Carpenter/John R. Carpenter. Monumenta Polonica: The First Four Centuries of Polish Poetry. A Bilingual Anthology. Ed. Bogdana Carpenter. Ann Arbor: [University of] Michigan Slavic Publications. 1989. 279-291.

• "Bineda."
• "Halcydis."
• "Helenora."
• "Hiacynth."
• "Hippolyte."

  "Cycerina." Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Renaissance Literature: an Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, OH: Slavica. 1995. 270-272.

Jan Żabczyc (?-1629)
  #20 and #34 from Angelic Symphonies. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, IN: Slavica Publishers. 1996. 70-73.

Stanisław Żółkiewski (1547-1620)
  "Beginning and Progress of the Muscovy War . . ."; excerpt. Trans. Michael J. Mikoś. Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, IN: Slavica Publishers. 1996. 59-65.
  Expedition to Moscow: a Memoir. Trans. M.W. Stephen. London: Polonica Publications. 1959.

COLLECTIONS / ANTHOLOGIES

   Monumenta Polonica: The First Four Centuries of Polish Poetry: A Bilingual Anthology. Ed. Bogdana Carpenter. Ann Arbor: [University of] Michigan Slavic Publications. 1989.

  Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Slavica Publishers. 1996.

   Polish Literature from the Middle Ages to the End of the Eighteenth Century: a Bilingual Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Warsaw: Constans. 1999.

   Polish Renaissance Literature: an Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, OH: Slavica. 1995.

LITERARY HISTORY & CRITICISM

  Braun, Kazimierz. A Concise History of Polish Theater from the Eleventh to the Twentieth Centuries. Mellen Press. 2003.

  Mikoś, Michael J. "Baroque: Literary Background." From Polish Literature from the Middle Ages to the End of the Eighteenth Century. A Bilingual Anthology. Michael J. Mikoś. Warsaw: Constans. 1999. Staropolska On-line.

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