Jacek Kaczmarski - Arka Noego

In the sunlight, in the middle of a summer
In the gentle waves of green
There is a determined work going on
I'm building a ship on a dry land
An insect flutters in a blooming bud
A peasant flows through a rye
Me, working day and night, already have got the sheathing and the sides

Build the Ark for the flood
Gather all your strengths for that!
Build the Ark for the flood
Even if the crowd mocks your work!
We need to save what's the most precious
And there is so much of it there already!
Build the Ark for the flood
Don't waste the time for redundant gestures

I've got to build such a ship
To fit all of the life inside it
No one believes my words
Everyone has some important news
Someone disputes over a property
Or searches for some easy gain
Before they will wake up from their dream
I'll have the mast and the steer!

Build the Ark for the flood
Don't get deceived by a choir of fools!
Build the Ark for the flood
The thunder can be already heard!
Leave your disputes for some other time
Trust your feelings for once
Build the Ark for the flood
Before it will finally devour you!

Each of you is a ship on your own
In which you can face the flood
You can survive going through the stormy clouds
One only has to believe that!
But in the downpour thunder strikes time after time
And it's too late to scream with fear
And it's too late when the mouths filled with mud
are spatting out my warning!

Build the Ark for the flood
I can hear while steering into the heart of the waves!
Build the Ark for the flood
Screams the one who used to laugh before!
Build the Ark for the flood
The Ark of tears for our own fate!
Build the Ark for the flood
For the first and for the final baptism!