Przerwa-Tetmajer, Kazimierz Hymn to Nirvana Zawadzki, Jarek Choromańska, Paulina Fundacja Nowoczesna Polska Modernizm 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/przerwa-tetmajer-hymn-to-nirvana http://archive.org/details/PolishPoetryInEnglish Polish Poetry in English, tłum. Jarek Zawadzki [online], [dostęp: 22.03.2013]. 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 2013-03-22 eng http://redakcja.wolnelektury.pl/media/dynamic/cover/image/2406.jpg tear, pilgrim, Wonderlane@Flickr, CC BY 2.0 http://redakcja.wolnelektury.pl/cover/image/2406 DCC 1DTP 3MP Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer Hymn to Nirvana Down from the depths of woe and pain to Thee I cry,/ Nirvana!/ Thy kingdom come on Earth and so in Heaven high,/ Nirvana!/ Snatch me now from evil's claws, for my arms are sore,/ Nirvana!/ And in the yoke that bleeds the neck let me walk no more,/ Nirvana!/ My eyes are splashed with human baseness' excrement,/ Nirvana!/ My foot is sliding in the people's mad intent,/ Nirvana!/ Abomination strangles me, disgust insane,/ Nirvana!/ My soul is wallowing in pain, convulsive pain,/ Nirvana!/ O come and may Thy hands upon my eyelids rest,/ Nirvana!/ May thy annihilating breath satiate my breast,/ Nirvana!/ My past and future life let me remember not,/ Nirvana!/ Detach my soul from all my memory and thought,/ Nirvana!/ And drive away from me the faces mean and foul,/ Nirvana!/ Destroy the altars and the man-made gods that prowl,/ Nirvana!/ Strong men's lives and weaklings' deaths: may these oppressions cease,/ Nirvana!/ And May the vacant stares of desperation vanish please,/ Nirvana!/ Let the depths of woe and pain upon my bosom die,/ Nirvana!/ Thy kingdom come on Earth and so in Heaven high,/ Nirvana!