| Jeszcze zima, ptaki chudna
| Still winter, the birds are thin
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| Chudym ptakom glosu brak
| The skinny birds lack a voice
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| W krotkie popoludnia grudnia
| In the short afternoons of December
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| W bialej chmurze milczy ptak
| The bird is silent in the white cloud
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| Jeszcze zima, dym sie wloczy
| Still winter, the smoke will trailing
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| W wielkiej biedzie zyje kot
| A cat lives in great poverty
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| I po cichu nuci, mruczy:
| And he hums softly, murmurs:
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| Kiedy wroci trzmiela lot…
| When the bumblebee's flight returns ...
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| Pod sniegiem swiat pochylony
| The world is bent under the snow
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| Siwieje mrozu brew
| A frost grows brow
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| To pora zmierzchow czerwonych
| It's red twilight season
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| To pora czarnych drzew
| This is the season of the black trees
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| A wiatr w kominie spi, bo ciemno
| And the wind in the chimney is asleep, because it's dark
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| A ja? | And I? |
| Co ja? | What I? |
| Co bedzie ze mna?
| What will happen to me?
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| Jeszcze oczy ci rozjasnia
| It still brightens your eyes
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| Moje slowo i moj gest
| My word and my gesture
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| Jeszcze swiece ci jak gwiazda
| You still shine like a star
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| Ale to juz nie tak jest
| But that's not the way it is
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| Jeszcze tyle trzeba przebyc
| There is still so much to go
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| Niewesolych, bladych zim
| Unhappy, pale winters
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| Czy nam zimy wynagrodzi
| Will he reward us for the winter?
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| Letnich ognisk wonny dym?
| Fragrant smoke of summer campfires?
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| Pod sniegiem swiat pochylony
| The world is bent under the snow
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| Siwieje mrozu brew
| A frost grows brow
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| To pora zmierzchow czerwonych
| It's red twilight season
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| To pora czarnych drzew
| This is the season of the black trees
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| A wiatr w kominie spi, bo ciemno
| And the wind in the chimney is asleep, because it's dark
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| A ja? | And I? |
| Co ja? | What I? |
| Co bedzie ze mna? | What will happen to me? |