How Wonderful

How wonderful I can pick

berries in the woods

I thought

there were no woods or berries.

How wonderful I can stretch out

in the shadow of a tree

I thought trees

no longer gave shade.

How wonderful I am with you

my heart is beating fast

I thought human beings

had no heart.

Translated by Joanna Trzeciak This poem appeared in Sobbing Superpower: Selected Poems of Tadeusz Różewicz by Tadeusz Różewicz, published by W.W. Norton & Company, 2011.

źródło: Read A Little Poetry

10.09.2026

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How Wonderful

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