| Ile razem dróg przebytych | How many roads have we traversed hand in hand, |
| Ile ścieżek przedeptanych | How many tangled paths our footsteps wore to dust, |
| Ile deszczów, ile śniegów | How many rains, how many snows, |
| Wiszących nad latarniami | Suspended like veils above the lantern’s crown, |
| Ile listków, ile rozstań | How many leaves, and how many partings, |
| Ciężkich godzin w miastach wielu | Burdensome hours in countless labyrinthine towns, |
| I znów upór, żeby powstać | And once again, the stubborn flame to rise anew, |
| I znów iść i dojść do celu | And once again, to walk—unyielding—toward the distant aim, |
| Ile w trudzie nieustannym | How much in ceaseless labor’s crucible |
| Wspólnych zmartwień, wspólnych dążeń | Were sorrows and desires forged together, |
| Ile chlebów rozkrajanych | How many loaves have we broken, |
| Pocałunków? schodków? książek? | Kisses? Steps climbed? Pages leafed? |
| Oczy twe jak piękne świece | Your eyes—twin candles bright with secret fire, |
| A w sercu żródło promienia | And in your heart, the fount of golden light, |
| Więc ja chciałbym twoje serce | So let me, then, your heart— |
| Ocalić od zapomnienia | Rescue from the oblivion of shadows, |
| U twych ramion płaszcz powisa | Upon your shoulders, a mantle drapes, |
| Krzykliwy, z lesnego ptactwa | Gaudy, feathered from woodland birds’ wild cries, |
| Długi przez cały korytarz | Trailing its length through the corridor’s hush, |
| Przez podwórze, aż gdzie gwiazda Wenus | Across the courtyard, to where Venus kindles the dusk, |
| A tyś lot i górność chmur | And you are the flight, the upper realms of cloud, |
| Blask wody i kamienia | The luster of water and stone entwined, |
| Chciałbym oczu twoich chmurność | I would the storm of your eyes— |
| Ocalić od zapomnienia | Save from the silence of forgetting |