Natalia Sikora - Orzeł biały

On the street in the uprised Warsaw
Eagles made of sheet tin were sold
Before a child will get the Virtuti*
let it enjoy the eagle on his cap.

Nobody wanted these children to fight
Nobody wanted these children to die everyday.
But no one had strength to stop them.
They could get a weapon for themselves.

How many eagles were sold too cheaply?
How many eagles were sold too dearly?
The price will still be the truth of the dead
Those alive can settle with pain.

On the uprising reports were
photos of boy who died on the Ciepła street.
Eleven years old was The White Eagle!
and his name was Wojtuś Zaleski.

On the Chrobry 2 Street everybody valued the Eagle
He could cross German defence lines,
He lead out without casualties from evenlopment
"Grzesiek's" group - he knew safe roads.

How many eagles were sold too cheaply?
How many eagles were sold too dearly?
The price will still be the truth of the dead
Those alive can settle with pain. x3

Later Tygrys and Magik died
and thousands of those who haven't fought.
Childrens of Warsaw were dying too
whose mothers frantically defended them.

The White Eagle had his grave on the Ceglana Street.
At the gate was the Mary's figure.
The Virtuti Cross* shall be given
To Every Child from our backyard.

* - The War Order of Virtuti Militari - Polish highest military decoration for heroism and courage in the face of the enemy at war.