An unusual gathering in the downtown market square
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In the windows, gates and by the well, in the church and in the bar
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Marketers, monks, jesters and dwarfs
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There is a motley swarm, swarming in the hustle and bustle
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Work has become fun and fun has become work:
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Bones roll on the ground, chips are falling off the cards
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It means nothing, those who do not play, those who do lose
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But not to tell the crowd which is which
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Crosses for three groszy on a tablecloth in the door of the temple
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The absolved spill out through the side door
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Almsmen kneel in the dust among the monks
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You can't tell which one is saint and which is a prude
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The whole city went mad
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Neither the old man nor the teenager knows
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Is this fasting a carnival
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Or carnival - fasting!
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He mounted a hundred-liter barrel of cavalry corporal
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Kałdun - with a shield, a helmet - croaking on his spilled face
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He stuck a baked piglet's head on his copy
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There will be food, there will be drinking, there will be loot for the taking
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Against him - a wooden throne harnessed to priests
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And on the throne, there is an apostle of fasting, emaciated
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He is already apologizing to God for winning
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And instead of a copy he picked up Piotrowe Wiosło
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Supporters in slogans and prayers are racing
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The minstrel sings as brother fought brother
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In the overcrowded tavern, the chatter awaits results
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The child waves the flag - there will be a great battle
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The whole city has gone mad ...
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I sit in the window, I look downstairs, the whole world is in my eye
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I see what who steals, loses what they are looking for in the crowd
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At dusk I will go to church, confess my sins
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At night I will take a walk around the market square and collect the leftovers
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From them a carnival and lenten feast as seen
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I will gladden the people of your beggars that are close to my heart
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In order to understand the whole truth in your company:
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My soul desires fast, my body desires carnival! |