33 of the Most Beautiful Love Poems: 33 najpiekniejsze wiersze milosne

IMPROVED EDITION. 7 NEW POEMS. EQUALLY BEAUTIFUL. These 33 selected love poems, translated by Marian Polak-Chlabicz, in original-language versions and translations set side by side. The author of this book, Boleslaw Lesmian is regarded as one of the greatest Polish poets by many literary scholars, and the one who reached the highest verbal artistry in his mother-tongue verse. His extremely idiosyncratic poetic diction full of neologisms, and strict metrical versification have made his poetry “untranslatable” until now. Marian Polak-Chlabicz, a translator, and poet himself dared to do that which had been considered undoable. Not only has he conveyed the Lesmianian-ness of the original; he has created beautiful poems in English. This book is a new revised and improved version, with 7 new poems: “I Will Come Tomorrow, Though I Don’t Know When” (Przyjdę, choć nie znam godziny),“The Tryst” (Schadzka),“The Meadow” (Łąka),"White in My Soul" (Śnież się w duszy mojej),“A Ballad” (Romans),“Anna Hanna” (Panna Anna),“Infinity” (Skończoność). Ilustracje do książki autorstwa Janusza Skowrona