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Odlatują ptaki – Polish poem about Autumn Posted by on Oct 26, 2016 in Phrases

Fall is here;) Before we know it winter will arrive…and here in New Hampshire we are definitely hoping for a lot of snow. But what happens before winter comes…birds fly away to warm places! Artur Oppman’s poem “Ptaki odlatują” is a perfect way to describe this time of the year!

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“Odlatują ptaki”

Artur Oppman

Liść pożółkły spada z drzewa
chłodny wietrzyk wieje
chór ptaszęcy już nie śpiewa
ścichły lasy, knieje.

Yellowed leaf falls from the tree
cool breeze blows
bird’s choir no longer sings
died away forests and woods.

Słonko bladsze rankiem wstaje
na niebieskie szlaki.
Posmutniały nasze gaje –
– odlatują ptaki.

Paler sun rises in the morning
on blue trails.
Saddened our groves –
– The birds fly away.

Już gromadką mkną bociany
w niebieskie przestworze.
Lecą kędyś w kraj nieznany
za dziesiąte morze.

Already a crowd of storks flies
in the blue expanse.
Flying from somewhere in a unknown country
for the tenth sea.

Puste gniazda zostawiły
nad wieśniaczą strzechą.
Ich znajomy klekot miły
niesie z wiatrem echo.

Empty slots they left
over the peasant thatched roof.
Their familiar clatter pleasant
the wind carries the echo.

Happy Fall!

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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! I have been writing about learning Polish language and culture for Transparent Language’s Polish Blog since 2010.


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