Paroles et traduction Jacek Kaczmarski - Ilu nas w ciszy

Ilu nas w ciszy

Ilu nas w bólu - tylu w nadziei,
Ilu nas płacze - tylu się śmieje,
Ilu nas więdnie - tylu rozkwita,
Ilu się żegna - tylu się wita.
Ilu nas w ciszy - tylu w kolędzie,
Ilu nas żyje - tylu nie będzie.
Ilu nas mężnych - tylu się trwoży,
Ilu się pyszni - tylu się korzy,
Ilu się plami - tylu oczyszcza,
Ilu się tworzy - tylu wyniszcza.
Ilu nas w ciszy - tylu w kolędzie,
Ilu nas żyje - tylu nie będzie.
Ilu nas jadło - tylu zgłodniało,
Ilu nas padło - tylu powstało,
Ilu nas śniło - tylu zbudzonych,
Ilu się wzbiło - tylu strąconych.
Ilu nas w ciszy - tylu w kolędzie,
Ilu nas żyje - tylu nie będzie.
Ilu nas w cnocie - tylu w podłości,
Ilu nas w blasku - tylu w ciemności,
Ilu w przepychu - tylu w łachmanach
I wszyscy przyszli powitać Pana.
Każdy był kiedyś dzieckiem w kołysce,
Zmiłuj się nad nami - Jezu Chryste
Ilu nas w ciszy - tylu w kolędzie,
Ilu nas żyje - tylu nie będzie.

How Many of Us in Silence

As many of us in pain, so many in hope,
As many of us crying, so many laughing,
As many of us fading, so many blossoming,
As many of us saying goodbye, so many greeting.
As many of us in silence, so many in carols,
As many of us living, so many who will not be.
As many of us courageous, so many trembling,
As many of us proud, so many bowing,
As many of us stained, so many purified,
As many of us creating, so many destroying.
As many of us in silence, so many in carols,
As many of us living, so many who will not be.
As many of us who have eaten, so many who are hungry,
As many of us who have fallen, so many who have risen,
As many of us who have dreamed, so many who have awakened,
As many of us who have soared, so many who have been cast down.
As many of us in silence, so many in carols,
As many of us living, so many who will not be.
As many of us in virtue, so many in baseness,
As many of us in radiance, so many in darkness,
As many of us in splendor, so many in rags,
And all have come to greet the Lord.
Each of us was once a child in a crib,
Have mercy on us, Jesus Christ
As many of us in silence, so many in carols,
As many of us living, so many who will not be.