I live in New Hampshire….and it was a super long winter! I love skiing and winter sports…but 7 month of winter is a little too much!!! Spring is almost here though…just couple more patches of snow in our yard:)))Yay! I’m thinking positive! So here is a beautiful poem by Jan Brzechwa about Spring!
Przyjście wiosny – The coming of spring
Jan Brzechwa
Naplotkowała sosna
Że już się zbliża wiosna.
Kret skrzywił się ponuro:
-Przyjedzie pewno furą…
Jeż się najeżył srodze:
-Raczej na hulajnodze.
Wąż syknął :-Ja nie wierzę,
Przyjedzie na rowerze.
Pine gossiped
That spring is approaching .
Mole grimaced ruefully:
-It’ll surely arrived by a carriage …
Hedgehog bristled sorely:
Most likely on a scooter.
Snake hissed:-I do not believe,
It’ll arrive on a bicycle.
Kos gwizdnął: -Wiem coś o tym,
Przyleci samolotem.
-Skąd znowu –rzekła sroka-
Ja z niej nie spuszczam oka
I w zeszłym roku w maju
Widziałam ją w tramwaju.
-nieprawda! Wiosna zwykle
Przyjeżdża motocyklem.
Blackbird whistled: I know something about this,
It will arrive by plane.
I don’t think so, said magpie
I’m not taking eye out of her
And last year in May
I saw her in the tram.
Not true! spring usually
Arrives by motorcycle.
A ja wam dowiodę,
Że właśnie samochodem.
-Nieprawda bo w karecie!
W karecie? Cóż pan plecie?
Oświadczyć mogę krótko,
Że płynie właśnie łódką!
And I will prove to you,
That it will arrive by car.
That’s not true! In the carriage!
The carriage? What are you babbling?
I declare briefly
That it will arrive by a boat!
A wiosna przyszła pieszo.
Już kwiatki za nią spieszą,
Już trawy przed nią rosną
I szumią –Witaj wiosno.
And spring came on foot.
And flowers hurry behind her,
And grass grows before it
I hums-Welcome Springtime!
Do następnego razu… (Till next time…)
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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.