from Part III - Liberation: Dachau, April 29, 1945
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 March 2018
Powrót
Pora już wracać. Ciasno mi tutaj,
miasta są obce i ludzie obcy.
Dali mi bluzę i mocne buty
i furażerkę jak młodym chłopcom.
Pora już wracać. Będę w wagonie
śpiewać z innymi wesołe pieśni.
To nic, że włosy siwe u skroni,
że płucom ciężko, może za wcześnie.
Pora już wracać. Płynie wzruszenie
sercem schorzałym i łza jest w oku.
Słupy przydrożne kładą swe cienie
na las i pola i w noc głęboką.
Pora już wracać. Jutro nad ranem
miasto mi znane i znana rzeka.
Wyjdę z wagonu, na dworcu stanę,
na dworcu, gdzie nikt nie czeka.
Monachium 1945Homecoming
It's time to return. I'm cramped in here,
the places are alien and the people are alien.
They've given me a tunic and heavy boots
and a cap like young lads wear.
It's time to return. In the wagon
I'll join in singing cheerful songs.
Never mind that my temples are grey,
that it's hard to breathe, prematurely perhaps.
It's time to return. Emotions flood
my sickly heart and tears are in my eyes.
Wayside posts cast their shadows
across woods and fields even in deepest night.
It's time to return. Tomorrow in the morning
a familiar town, a familiar river.
I'll leave the wagon, alight on the platform,
at the station, where no-one awaits.
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