| Prosíval duny mořských písků
| He sifted through the dunes of the sea sands
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| Z oblázků škrábal mořskou sůl
| He scraped sea salt from the pebbles
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| Na slánce z mušlí vlny stíhal
| He chased the shells of mussel wool
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| Na váze každé zrnko vážil
| He weighed each grain on the scale
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| Poztrácel cestou z kapes pýchu a zášť
| He lost his pride and resentment on his way out of his pockets
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| Bůh ví, kde je vzal
| God knows where he took them
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| Snažil se prázdno chytnout
| He tried to grab the emptiness
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| Chvíli spoutat, slůvkem kývnout
| Shackle for a moment, nod in a word
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| Volal ji jmény, která slýchal
| He called her by the names he heard
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| Kousal se do rtů kvůli ní
| He bit his lip for her
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| Snad páty rok s ní svorně dýchal
| Perhaps he had been breathing with her for five years
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| Vysloužil říčce slzy z tůní
| He earned the river tears from the ponds
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| Za zády slunce spadlo
| The sun fell behind him
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| Dlouze klesá, o neobracej tvář
| It drops for a long time, don't turn your face
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| Vychází přímo proti, stoupá, pálí
| It rises directly against, rises, burns
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| Ptá se, má-li
| He asks if he has
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| Co lístků projel ve svých toulkách
| What tickets he passed in his wanderings
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| Co šlápot větrem musel smést
| What a step in the wind he had to sweep
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| Pospíchá, hledá ve všech hloubkách
| He hurries, searching in all depths
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| Čas náskok má, svou ztrátu hlásí
| Time is ahead, it reports its loss
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| Našel ho málem jednou, stál tak blízko
| He found him almost once, standing so close
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| Ó, stejně by mu plách
| Oh, he'd be scared anyway
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| Snažil se díru chytnout, chvílí svázat
| He tried to grab the hole, tie it for a moment
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| Slůvkem mávnout
| A word to wave
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| Rád našel by rád, co ztratil sám
| He would like to find what he lost himself
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| Za časem hnán tikotem dní
| Driven by the ticking of days
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| Pobíhá s ním po pavlači
| She runs with him down the porch
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| O čím dál tím blíž
| Closer and closer
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| O čím dál tím blíž… | Closer and closer… |