Kinga Preis - Murzyn

In Głowno, on the market square, a nigger was standing
Wearing a red tailcoat and a big cylinder hat,
In addition he was wearing a yellow little tie
And tight checked pants.

Nobody over here had seen black faces before,
So pople from all streets were coming,
Because it amazed them unspeakably,
That a nigger appeared in Głowno.

Even the pharmacist closed the pharmacy
Shouting at his wife: "Come! What are you waiting for?"
And youth from scout teams was running
To see what a nigger it was.

Three railway men went out of the inn,
Because they hadn't seen such fashion,
And one of them, the most thickset one, claimed:
"Perhaps a circus came for the show".

Policeman's son was shouting through the window
That such folks must live on Mars.
The father was ashamed of his son shouting
Seeing the nigger wearing a big cylinder hat.

And all of this happened because
The black man used to be my friend
And I established with him necessarily
That we would meet in five years in Głowno.

Five years had passed, the black man from far away
Has come and he's waiting for me in the market square,
And I am just coming from Lublin by train
To welcome the black man in Głowno.