Monday, October 22, 2018

Krakowiaks (Continued) pg. 48



XI. If I could sing                                                       XVI. How many times I sighed
I would sing without end                                            Girl, to you
To the forest, to these rocks                                        If [I had sighed] thus to God
To the stars, to the moon                                             I would be long since in Heaven
XII. It’s not a good thing                                            XVII. Count, girl
To sing of Krakowiaks                                                The little stars in the sky
You might gladden some                                             That many [steps] I tread out
[And] make others angry                                             A footpath to you
XIII. To you I am a boy- a boy                                   XVIII. The pine-forests[1] began to whisper
Of homeland nature                                                     The forests began to rustle
I sing of myself                                                            XIX.[2] When there was love
[So] get up!                                                                  Those times passed
XIV. I loved you, girl                                                  XIX. Fly, little bird, fly
Like the apple of my eye                                            Put your feathers in a cross
And you left me                                                          O, captor mine, girl
Already in the first year                                              You look at another
XV. How that is sorrow to the heart                            XX. The great water flows
Like a wound in the heart                                           And the little mill grinds
When she who is loved                                               Not everyone is happy[3]
Doesn’t love [you]                                                      Who possesses much




[1] Literally “Game preserves” ?
[2] Crossed out in original
[3] Or, “fortunate”

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