- Ale jestem
Infobox ESC entry
song = flagicon|Poland Ale jestem
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year = 1997
country = Poland
artist =Anna Maria Jopek
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language = Polish
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composer = Tomasz Lewandowski
lyricist = Magda Czapińska
conductor =Krzesimir Debski
place = 11th
points = 54
lyrics = [http://www.diggiloo.net/?1997pl from Diggiloo Thrush]
clip = [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eT42BDoShDU from YouTube]
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next_link = To takie proste"Ale jestem" (English translation: "But I Am") was the Polish entry in the
Eurovision Song Contest 1997 , performed in Polish byAnna Maria Jopek .The song is a moderately up-tempo number, with Jopek singing about her realisation that life is there to be lived. She sings that she is a number of different things, including "A spark, a gasp of wind" and "A boat stray among the reefs".
The song was performed twelfth on the night (following
Germany 'sBianca Shomburg with "Zeit" and precedingEstonia 'sMaarja-Liis Ilus with "Keelatud maa "). At the close of voting, it had received 54 points, placing 11th in a field of 25.It was succeeded as Polish representative at the 1998 Contest by Sixteen with "
To takie proste ".
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