Kunstwerken in Reissporen

THE WORLD

God hid himself so that the World could be seen
if he'd made himself known there would only be him
and who in his presence would notice the ant
the handsome, peevish wasp worrying in circles
the green drake with his yellow legs
the peewit laying its four eggs crosswise
the dragonfly's round eyes beans in the pod
our mother at the table holding not so long ago
a mug by its big funny ear
the fir tree shedding husks instead of cones
pain and delight both ways to learn
equally mysteries but never the same
stones which show travelers the way

love that is invisible
hides nothing

(Jan Twardowski "Kiedy mowisz - When You Say", Wydawnictwo Literackie, Krakow 2000 ISBN 83-08-03064-5, translated by Stanislaw Baranczak and Clare Cavanagh)