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Vojto, I really liked this poem from that selection. Didn't translate it, just copied it. Hence, should be error free. Kovpop....The Pitman Já kopu, já pod zemí kopu, já balvany jak hada kůže se jiskřící kopu pod Polskou Ostravou kopu. Což kdybych tak jednou prokletým kahanem do štoly mrštil, sehnutou do výše narovnal šíji, levici zatal a vykročil přímo, půlkruhem od země k obloze vzhůru kladivo zdvihl a jiskřící oči tam pod božím sluncem. Slezské písně (1909)....Silezian songs I dig, under the earth I dig: Boulders glittering like the scales of a serpent I dig: Beneath Polská Ostrava I dig. How about if one day I should fling me accursed lamp into the pit, and stiffen my bended neck, Clench my left hand and stride forth and onward, And in a sweeping curve from the earth upwards to the skyline Should upraise my hammer and my flashing eyes, yonder beneath God's sunshine. That is fantastic....the dream of a man downtrodden by years of working in the mines.....he dreams of showing defiance
