Translated from the Polish by Walter Whipple
It's most fortunate
that we do not know exactly
what kind of world we live on.
It would be necessary
to have existed very long,
decidedly longer
than the world.
If only for comparison
to get acquainted with other worlds.
One must soar out of the body
which cannot do anything
but limit
and create difficulties.
For the sake of research,
clarity of the picture,
and the final results,
one must rise above time,
in which everything drives and whirls.
From this perspective
you must once and for all get rid of
details and episodes.
Counting the days of the week
must seem
a meaningless activity,
throwing letters into a mail box
is a whim of foolish youth,
the plaque "Don't trample the grass" is
a senseless one.
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