Morsztyn, Jan Andrzej Fickle Zawadzki, Jarek Choromańska, Paulina Fundacja Nowoczesna Polska Barok 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/morsztyn-fickle 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/2398.jpg le Bellagio, OliBac@Flickr, CC BY 2.0 http://redakcja.wolnelektury.pl/cover/image/2398 DCA 1DTP 3MG Jan Andrzej Morsztyn Fickle Sooner will a man the winds ensnare, and sooner still/ With tiny bits of sunny rays his pocket fill;/ Sooner will he, with a threat, the stormy oceans calm,/ Or grasp the world immense and keep it in his palm;/ Sooner will he, hurting not himself, a bonfire slap,/ Or all the clouds upon the sky with a net entrap;./ Sooner will in bitter tears the Mount of Etna drown,/ And sooner will a deaf-mute sing, a downright clown/ Utter something wise; and sooner will the wayward fate/ Be fixed, and death and laugh be one another's mate;/ Sooner will a dream be true and poets cease to lie;/ Of no avail will sooner be an angel's cry;/ Sooner will the sun at dusk into a cavern sail,/ Or there'll be people in the wild, or peace in jail;/ Sooner will our minds be gone and words will cease to flow/ Than constancy may any woman ever know.