âÂÂMizerna, cichaâ ("Miserable, Quiet") is a traditional Polish Christmas carol written by Teofil Lenartowicz in 1849. The original melody was composed by Jakub Wrzeciono in the 19th century, but nowadays the best-known version was composed by Jan Gall around the year 1900.
The song originally had 11 verses of which people nowadays typically sing four or five, which are listed below.