Wislawa Szymborska

Es fehlte nicht viel, und meine Mutter hätte Herrn Zbigniew B. aus ZduńskaWola geheiratet. Hätten sie eine Tochter gehabt, wäre das nicht ich gewesen.…

I’m a tranquilizer. I’m effective at home. I work in the office. I can take exams…

We have a soul at times. No one’s got it non-stop, for keeps.…

Het scheelde niet veel of mijn moeder was getrouwd met meneer Zbigniew B. uit Zduńska Wola. En hadden zij een dochter gehad - ik was het niet geweest.…

It was written in marble in golden letters: here a great man lived and worked and died. He laid the gravel for these paths personally. This bench — do not touch — he chiseled by hi…

There is much I owe to those I do not love. The relief in accepting they are closer to another.…

Pouco faltou para que a minha mãe casasse com o senhor Zbigniew B. de Zduńska Wola. E se tivessem uma filha - não seria eu.…

Bazıları - yani herkes değil. Herkesin çoğunluğu bile değil ama azınlığı. Okulları hiç sayma, orada zorunlu, ve şairlerin kendileri,…

Garip bir gezegen, garip insanlarıyla. Zaman teslim olur, ama tanımazlar. Protestolarını ifade etmenin yolunu bulur, Resimler yaparlar, bunun gibi mesela:…

Birthday So much world all at once – how it rustles and bustles! Moraines and morays and morasses and mussels,…

Her savaşın ardından birileri ortalığı temizlemeli. Az buçuk bir düzen kendiliğinden kurulmaz…

Det hade så när hänt att min mor hade gift sig med Zbigniew B. från Dunska Wola. Och hade de fått en dotter vore jag inte hon.…

We are children of our age, it's a political age. All day long, all through the night,…

Clouds I’d have to be really quick to describe clouds -…

Darwin. They say he read novels to relax, But only certain kinds: nothing that ended unhappily.…