Czecho-Slovak Student Life/Volume 18/Number 1/Greeting
Translated by Ivan Kramoris:
GREETING.
From Hviezdoslav’s “Hájníkova žena”.
A spirit the world has maimed; weakened
By lies and overworked, until its sight
Has waned. ’Tis you, O whispering greens,
Who will restore to life and resurrect,
Bedew and heal the festering wound;
Who will bestow on us the treasures of
Your womb—your love. O home of everlasting
Truth, where traitors arm had never reached,
O Mother, without asking who or what,
Leadest man into thy loving bosom; just
One moment in its resting calm dispels
All pain, the chains of bondage drop and all
Our sorrow ceases. Just one whisper of
The forest, just one melody of mountain
Fall and my soul is lifted upward and
My spirit is beside itself with joy.
New hope releaves my slavery, heart throbs are
Reborn; one circle of the eagle, just
One falcon’s dizzy flight, just one shrill whistle
In the silent forest and a single flash
Of camp fire in the night, and then my soul
Is gripped by freedom, flickering, flashing into
Tongues, flying on high with wings of light
Like meteors of the night. One moment, like
The motion of a hair when in the wind,
The vision may be mine, to see the secret
Chambers of wood and forest. Friends, I greet you.
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