porozpoe

POEMAT PATETYCZNY	POEM OF PATHOS
Tadeusz Róewicz - (Polish)	trans. Adam Czerniawski
Opluli poet przez wieki bd wycierali ziemi i gwiazdy przez wieki bd wycierali wasne twarze Poeta ywcem pogrzebany jest jak podziemna rzeka przechowuje w sobie twarze imiona nadziej ojczyzn Poeta okamany syszy gosy slyszy swój gos rozglda si jak czowiek w nocy obudzony Lecz kamstwo poety jest wielojzyczne i ogromne jak wiea Babel jest monstrualne i nie umiera	They spat on the poet for centuries they will be wiping the earth and stars for centuries they will be wiping their own faces A poet buried alive is like a subterranean river he preserves within faces names hope and homeland A deceived poet hears voices hears his own voice looks around like a man woken at night But a poet's lie is multilingual as monumental as the Tower of Babel it is monstrous and does not die