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By Anna Swir
(1909 - 1984)
English version by Czeslaw Milosz and Leonard Nathan www.Poetry-Chaikhana.com
An empty day without events.
And that is why
it grew immense
as space. And suddenly
happiness of being
entered me.
I heard
in my heartbeat
the birth of time
and each instant of life
one after the other
came rushing in
like priceless gifts.