Polish term
"Myślę że piszę to dla siebie"
| Tak pisał Mozart komponując swoje Reguiem |
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Proposed translations
United States
Legal and literary translator. Linguist.
Native in: English (Variants: British, US) 
, Polish (Variant: Standard-Poland)
Works in: Russian to English, Polish to English, Swedish to English
I think i am writing it for myself
United States
The Slanguage Buff
Native in: Polish (Variant: Standard-Poland) , English (Variant: US)
Works in: Polish to English, Spanish to English, English, and 4 more.
I think I'm writing it to myself, I'm the intended reader, I'm directing these words at myself
United States
On time, on target, on budget.
Native in: English , Polish
Works in: Polish to English, English to Polish, Russian to Polish, and 1 more.
These thoughts are just for me.
Reference comments
Tak pisał Mozart komponując swoje Reguiem
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Biographer Niemetschek relates vaguely similar account, leaving out a rehearsal:
On the day of his death he asked for the score to be brought to his bedside. 'Did I not say before, that I was writing this Requiem for myself?' After saying this, he looked yet again with tears in his eyes through the whole work - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozar...
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Mozart worked night and day, focusing all of his energy on the Requiem. As the composing continued, Mozart grew more and more emotionally attached to the piece. Soon he became delusional and started to believe that he was writing this death mass for himself (Selby, 1996).
In 1829, Constanze recalled her husband’s words. “[Mozart said] ‘I know I must die,’ he exclaimed six months before he actually did. ‘Someone has given me accqua toffana [poison] and has calculated the precise time of my death, for which they have ordered a Requiem, it is for myself I am writing this.” (Robertson, 1976).
On January 7, 1792 the Salzburger Intelligenzblatt first mentioned the requiem and Mozart’s mental state: “Now Mozart had to write, which he did, often with tears in his eyes, always saying ‘I am writing a Requiem for myself.’” (Wolff, 1994 p.123). - https://vimeo.com/67525530
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