Trio Gintrowski Kaczmarski Łapiński - U wrót doliny

In front of the valley gates

After the star shower
on the meadow of ashes
they all gather under the watch of angels

from the extant hill
comes a view
of the whole herd of baaing bipeds

there are not many of them really
even including those who will join
from chronicles, tales and hagiographies

but enough of these deliberations let's have a look
at the valley throat that let's out a scream

after the whistle of explosion
after the whistle of silence
this sound beats like spring of living water

this is - as they explain to us -
the scream of mothers decoupled with children
because - as it turns out -
we will be saved individually

guardian angels are ruthless
and to tell the truth they've got a hard job

she begs - hide me in your eye
in hand, in arms
we were always together
you can't leave me now
when I died and need affection

elder angel with a smile
explains the misunderstanding
old woman carries
canary's corpse
(all of the animals died a little bit earlier)
he was so nice - she says crying
he understood
everything I said -
her voice gets lost in all the noise

even the woodcutter
you would never expect this
an old hunchbacked fellow
presses his axe to the chest
- she was mine all my life
and she will remain mine now
it fed me there
it will feed me here
no one is allowed
- he says -
I won't give it back! I won't give it back!
no one's allowed
- I said -
I won't give it back

those who seem
to obey orders without pain
are walking with their heads bowed as a mark of reconciliation
but in clenched fists they're still hiding
scraps of letters ribbons cut hairs
and photographs
which - as they naively believe -
will not be taken from them
which - as they naively believe -
will not be taken from them

that is how they look like
just a moment
from the final division into
the teeth grinding
and the psalms singing ones

Written by: Z. Herbert
Music: P. Gintrowski
Translated by: Jakub Klon & Mirosław Klon