Asnyk, Adam To the Young Zawadzki, Jarek Choromańska, Paulina Fundacja Nowoczesna Polska Pozytywizm Liryka Wiersz Publikacja zrealizowana w ramach projektu Wolne Lektury (http://wolnelektury.pl). Materiał źródłowy pobrany ze strony http://archive.org/details/PolishPoetryInEnglish. http://wolnelektury.pl/katalog/lektura/asnyk-to-the-young http://archive.org/details/PolishPoetryInEnglish Polish Poetry in English, tłum. Jarek Zawadzki [online], [dostęp: 04.03.2013]. Dostępny WWW: http://archive.org/details/PolishPoetryInEnglish. Creative Commons Uznanie Autorstwa - Na Tych Samych Warunkach 3.0.PL http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ xml text text 2013-03-05 enghttp://redakcja.wolnelektury.pl/media/dynamic/cover/image/2390.jpg Take just a minute [Explored], Rising Damp@Flickr, CC BY 2.0 http://redakcja.wolnelektury.pl/cover/image/2390 Adam Asnyk To the Young The brightening flame of truth pursue,/ Seek to discover ways no human knows./ With every secret now revealed to you,/ The soul of man expands within the new./ And God still bigger grows! Although you may the flowers of myths remove,/ Although you may the fabulous dark disperse,/ And tear the mist of fancy from above;/ There'll be no shortage of new things to love,/ Farther in the universe. Each epoch has its special goals in store,/ And soon forgets the dreams of older days./ So, bear the torch of learning in the fore,/ And join the making of new eras' lore./ The House of the Future raise! But trample not the altars of the past!/ Although you shall much finer domes erect./ The holy flames upon the stones still last,/ And human love lives there and guards them fast,/ And them you owe respect! Now with the world that vanishes from view,/ Dragging down the perfect rainbow of delight,/ Be gently reconciled in wisdom true./ Your stars, oh, youthful conquerors, they, too,/ Will fade into the night!