November is just around the corner! Many Polish poets wrote beautiful poems about this month. Jan Brzechwa is one of my favorites and today I have his poem “Listopad” for you 🙂
Jan Brzechwa “Listopad”
“November”
Złote, żółte i czerwone
opadają liście z drzew,
zwiędłe liście w obcą stronę
pozanosił wiatru wiew.
Gold, yellow and red
leaves are falling from the trees,
dead leaves in the foreign site
moved breath of the wind.
Nasza chata niebogata,
wiatr przewiewa ją na wskroś,
i przelata i kołata,
jakby do drzwi pukał ktoś.
Our cottage not rich,
wind whiff of it throughout,
and goes through and makes noise,
if someone was knocking on the door.
W mokrych cieniach listopada
może ktoś zabłąkał się?
Nie, to tylko pies ujada.
Pomyśl także i o psie.
In wet shadows in November
maybe someone got lost?
No, it’s just a dog barks.
Think also about the dog.
Strach na wróble wiatru słucha,
sam się boi biedny strach,
dmucha plucha-zawierucha,
całe szyby stoją w łzach.
Scarecrow listens to the wind
he is afraid himself,
slob-blown turmoil,
all windows stand in tears.
Jakiś wątły wóz na szosie
ugrzązł w błocie aż po oś,
skrzypią, jęczą w deszczu osie,
jakby właśnie płakał ktoś.
A frail car on the highway
stuck in the mud up to the axle,
axles creak, they groan in the rain,
as if someone was crying.
Mgły na polach, ciemność w lesie,
drga jesieni smutny ton,
przyjdzie wieczór i przyniesie
sny i mgły, i stada wron.
Mists in the fields, in the darkness of the forest,
twitches autumn a sad tone,
evening will come and bring
dreams and fog, and a flock of crows.
Wyjść się nie chce spod kożucha,
blady promyk światła zgasł,
dmucha plucha-zawierucha,
zimno, ciemno, spać już czas.
You don’t want to get out of your coat,
pale glimmer of light faded,
slob-blown turmoil,
cold, dark, it’s time to sleep.
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My name is Kasia Scontsas. I grew near Lublin, Poland and moved to Warsaw to study International Business. I have passion for languages: any languages! Currently I live in New Hampshire. I enjoy skiing, kayaking, biking and paddle boarding. My husband speaks a little Polish, but our daughters are fluent in it! I wanted to make sure that they can communicate with their Polish relatives in our native language. Teaching them Polish since they were born was the best thing I could have given them!
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Comments:
Casimir Marion Petrowski:
I love Fall weather and the poet made me feel and visualize the season as we are having Summer in Fall this year .
Kasia:
@Casimir Marion Petrowski Casimir, I agree with you! And here in New Hampshire it definitely felt like we were having Summer in Fall this year:)
Comments:
Casimir Marion Petrowski:
I love Fall weather and the poet made me feel and visualize the season as we are having Summer in Fall this year .
Kasia:
@Casimir Marion Petrowski Casimir, I agree with you! And here in New Hampshire it definitely felt like we were having Summer in Fall this year:)