Lelek - Marzanna

Le lei, le le le le le lei,
Le le le le le lei le lei…

Fiery lady, who fills with ember,
From your womb first spark was born,
Lady and guard of all bonfires,
Thrue ethernity in fireplace* your name burns.

Our cruel lady, who strikes woth frost,
With snow you cover steep meadows,
You fill with water and You fill with ice,
Fields*, forests, fields** and shaded meadows.

Le lei, le le le le le lei,
Le le le le le lei le lei…

You are lady of life, mother of the world,
You the pregnant lady are mother of the Sun,
When you step with foot, there rye is born there,
Human and animal hearts you are telling to beat.

Oh, you are the harsh lady, which brings the death,
Great is you severity and you anger is so great,
Bloody lady you cut down your children like rye,
Save us, listen to your peoples chants.

Le lei, le le le le le lei,
Le le le le le lei le lei…

Oh, turn to us your bright, mother-like hands,
Show your children your endless mercy,
Let them ley their head on your soft womb***,
Give our limbs health, and denseness in granaries

With my bloody lady, I am not afraid of death,
You gave birth to everything,
And that everything is yours !


* fireplace - here : fireplace in home ; hearth of the home
** fields (x2) in polish we have to diffrent words to call two types of fields (fields with grass and flowers, I couldn't find any equivalent of second one)
*** womb here is used to describe groin