Magda Umer - Czas na obłoki i las

I no longer have to do anything,
I can just be
and watch the clouds for hours.
Listen to the whisper of grasses
and ask: Fate, make it so,
that this peace may last as long as possible.

I no longer rush,
I know there's nowhere to be,
on the other side, it may be too dark.
Everything is fine as it is,
a dog is nuzzling at my feet,
and the forests, and the clouds, are still with me.

I don't want more from life — just this,
let time forget about me at least for a moment.

And this is all you have,
water murmurs to me, the forest sings.
All you have is time —
nothing more.

How many winters,
how many more years,
how many more springs and autumns?
The days are getting shorter,
the world is slipping away from me
and there's less and less time to waste.

After life, there might not be any more life?
That's what those who wish to be mistaken say.

All you have is time:
dusk and dawn, nights, days.
All you have is time —
nothing more.

Time for clouds and time for forests.
And you only have time —
nothing more… nothing more… time…