Side of Life and Death written by Eliza Segiet at Spillwords.com

Side Of Life And Death

Side of Life and Death

written by: Eliza Segiet

translated by: Artur Komoter

 

People on the right,
Jews on the left.
Her sister was caught into the wagon,
they wanted her too.

She fled between
the Gestapo’s widely spaced legs.
She ran home.

– Dad, daddy,
they hid Krysia on the train.
Take her.

He redeemed his daughter.

It’s nothing that now
it won’t be enough for bread.

Strona Życia i Śmierci

written by: Eliza Segiet

 

Ludzie na prawo,
Żydzi na lewo.
Jej siostrę schwytali do wagonu,
ją też chcieli.

Uciekła pomiędzy
szeroko rozstawionymi nogami gestapowca.
Pobiegła do domu.

– Tato, tatusiu,
Krysię schowali do pociągu.
Zabierz ją.

Wykupił córkę.

To nic, że teraz
zabraknie na chleb.

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