What Did You Do to Athens, Socrates?
By Polish Poet Cyprian Kamil Norwid
Narrated By Dariuz Pacak
What did you do to Athens, Socrates, That the people erected a golden statue to you, Having first poisoned you?What did you do to Italy, Alighieri, That the insincere people built two graves for you, Having first driven you out?What did you do to Europe, Columbus, That they dug you three graves in three places Having first shackled you? What did you do to your people, Camoens, What in the world are you guilty of, Kosciuszko, What did you do to the world, Napoleon, What did you do to the people, Mickiewicz? -translated by Walter Whipple |