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Zbigniew Herbert
O dwu nogach pana Cogito
The Two Legs of Mr Cognito
The left leg, normal
To put it optymistically
A little too short
Chuckling muscles
With a well moulded calf
The right,
O God!
Scrawny
With two scars
One along the Achilles tendon
The other oval
Pale and pink
A shameful memory of his escape
The left,
A tendancy to skip and jump
To dance
With a too strong a love for life
Daring not to put itself at risk
The right,
Rigidly noble
Smerking in the face of danger
In this way
On both legs
The left, like a Sancho Pansa
And the right
Resembling a blundering knight
Goes
Mr Cognito
Thoughout the world
Stumbling slightly
na język angielski przełożyła
Caroline Borowy (Wielka Brytania)
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