Mariusz Olbromski: Memory of poet Rafal Żebrowski
date:18 February 2025 Editor: Anna
We thank Mr. Mariusz Olbromski for poems devoted to the memory of the poet Rafał Żebrowski, nephew of Zbigniew Herbert and p. Catherine Herbert.
WATCH OF A DEATH
Mrs Halina Herbert-Żebrowska
I rejoice in your song and deed
Your ancient religion that flows like a mountain stream.
Today, erstwhile the sun rose with Staff, I was wandering
the rhythm of the magnificent Polish archipelago
alleys, parks, feathers and pavements of your old.
And I stopped by Herbert's in the yard in Lyczak,
still there the string of light fleeting scenes creates.
There's inactive a tree whispering, there's voices in the walls,
are stuck in their silence - pearls in a roaring sea.
I stood there erstwhile with a grey girl, for a while
quite sunken in any reverberations of Atlantis: a cloud
The reflections of the known stairs rolled, doors, those faces,
Inside, blending into scenes, talking inactive alive...
8 X 2012
HIRING
Rafał Żebrowski
Who's gonna halt all the lion clocks?
The night is coming, and the day is besides short.
I'd inactive like to wander Grodecka,
in Łychkowska to visit 1 yard.
More fountain songs in the marketplace to hear,
yet to absorb frescoes in Armenian Cathedral,
yet, casual conversations to conduct,
Wandering around the old town like a stray dog.
Yet on Ryleev look at the paintings
from outdoor time long gone.
With you, the editor has a warm fear,
enjoy the hospitality of Jadziuni in the garden.
Still with Goszczyński a small quiet,
to Maria and Zapolskia to realize again
And finally, under that pylon, you will become huge
where a 1000 dead at dusk are on fire,
To perceive to and perceive to hearts fade besides young...
With prayer embrace all rows of graves...
XI 2012
HERBERT'S CASTLE
You raised the Shadow advanced Castle
from memories of the suffering of love
with a parent of anxious sighs
with my grandmother's patient knees
with many hours of wandering feathers
not for fun art appearance
You built this castle like the Acropolis.
where the bright marble of the line
Bears a golden division of thoughts and hearts
They're inactive looking at the city of cariatids.
beautiful Lviv girls
They carry centuries of variable ceiling of heaven
Yeah, I'm certain he's considering the truth.
Another is reasoning about justice.
Next Freedom carries a look
Other word reliability by all
hours in silence change
They will not break this castle of hypocrisy
It won't break the bullet of any fabrication.
It will last among all generation
29 X 2024
At the hands of your friend
Memory of Rafal Żebrowski
Stay with your heart
volume of Rafale poems together
with many books on the library shelf
friends with different dedications
madmen who have read
Parapoesia continues
believing in the meaning of your search
and the struggles of the constant spirit
Stay with your tone
Ascetic goodbyes
curator of the memory of the Herbert family
with our glad graves
with the steps of the Lviv pavement
Walking on the border roads
And with that moment, stay erstwhile we are
also together under the Sigmund Column
They read their poems erstwhile the day
It's already dark and the stars are falling
above the castle of kings lit
And as long as my thought wanders here
We'll inactive meet a lot.
And as long as dreams be what you are
of the another part
27 XII 2024
Mariusz Olbromski
HIRING
Rafał Żebrowski
Who's gonna halt all the lion clocks?
The night is coming, and the day is besides short.
I'd inactive like to wander Grodecka,
in Łychkowska to visit 1 yard.
More fountain songs in the marketplace to hear,
yet to absorb frescoes in Armenian Cathedral,
yet, casual conversations to conduct,
Wandering around the old town like a stray dog.
Yet on Ryleev look at the paintings
from outdoor time long gone.
With you, the editor has a warm fear,
enjoy the hospitality of Jadziuni in the garden.
Still with Goszczyński a small quiet,
to Maria and Zapolskia to realize again
And finally, under that pylon, you will become huge
where a 1000 dead at dusk are on fire,
To perceive to and perceive to hearts fade besides young...
With prayer embrace all rows of graves...
XI 2012
HERBERT'S CASTLE
You raised the Shadow advanced Castle
from memories of the suffering of love
with a parent of anxious sighs
with my grandmother's patient knees
with many hours of wandering feathers
not for fun art appearance
You built this castle like the Acropolis.
where the bright marble of the line
Bears a golden division of thoughts and hearts
They're inactive looking at the city of cariatids.
beautiful Lviv girls
They carry centuries of variable ceiling of heaven
Yeah, I'm certain he's considering the truth.
Another is reasoning about justice.
Next Freedom carries a look
Other word reliability by all
hours in silence change
They will not break this castle of hypocrisy
It won't break the bullet of any fabrication.
It will last among all generation
29 X 2024
With the powder.
A FRIEND
Recollections of Rafal Żebrowski
Stay with your heart
volume of Rafale poems together
with many books on the library shelf
friends with different dedications
madmen who have read
Parapoesia continues
believing in the meaning of your search
and the struggles of the constant spirit
Stay with your tone
Ascetic goodbyes
curator of the memory of the Herbert family
with our glad graves
with the steps of the Lviv pavement
Walking on the border roads
And with that moment, stay erstwhile we are
also together under the Sigmund Column
They read their poems erstwhile the day
It's already dark and the stars are falling
above the castle of kings lit
And as long as my thought wanders here
We'll inactive meet a lot.
And as long as dreams be what you are
of the another part
27 XII 2024
Mariusz Olbromski
WATCH OF A DEATH
Mrs Halina Herbert-Żebrowska
I rejoice in your song and deed
Your ancient religion that flows like a mountain stream.
Today, erstwhile the sun rose with Staff, I was wandering
the rhythm of the magnificent Polish archipelago
alleys, parks, feathers and pavements of your old.
And I stopped by Herbert's in the yard in Lyczak,
still there the string of light fleeting scenes creates.
There's inactive a tree whispering, there's voices in the walls,
are stuck in their silence - pearls in a roaring sea.
I stood there erstwhile with a grey girl, for a while
quite sunken in any reverberations of Atlantis: a cloud
The reflections of the known stairs rolled, doors, those faces,
Inside, blending into scenes, talking inactive alive...
8 X 2012
HIRING
Rafał Żebrowski
Who's gonna halt all the lion clocks?
The night is coming, and the day is besides short.
I'd inactive like to wander Grodecka,
in Łychkowska to visit 1 yard.
More fountain songs in the marketplace to hear,
yet to absorb frescoes in Armenian Cathedral,
yet, casual conversations to conduct,
Wandering around the old town like a stray dog.
Yet on Ryleev look at the paintings
from outdoor time long gone.
With you, the editor has a warm fear,
enjoy the hospitality of Jadziuni in the garden.
Still with Goszczyński a small quiet,
to Maria and Zapolskia to realize again
And finally, under that pylon, you will become huge
where a 1000 dead at dusk are on fire,
To perceive to and perceive to hearts fade besides young...
With prayer embrace all rows of graves...
XI 2012
HERBERT'S CASTLE
You raised the Shadow advanced Castle
from memories of the suffering of love
with a parent of anxious sighs
with my grandmother's patient knees
with many hours of wandering feathers
not for fun art appearance
You built this castle like the Acropolis.
where the bright marble of the line
Bears a golden division of thoughts and hearts
They're inactive looking at the city of cariatids.
beautiful Lviv girls
They carry centuries of variable ceiling of heaven
Yeah, I'm certain he's considering the truth.
Another is reasoning about justice.
Next Freedom carries a look
Other word reliability by all
hours in silence change
They will not break this castle of hypocrisy
It won't break the bullet of any fabrication.
It will last among all generation
29 X 2024
With the powder.
A FRIEND
Recollections of Rafal Żebrowski
Stay with your heart
volume of Rafale poems together
with many books on the library shelf
friends with different dedications
madmen who have read
Parapoesia continues
believing in the meaning of your search
and the struggles of the constant spirit
Stay with your tone
Ascetic goodbyes
curator of the memory of the Herbert family
with our glad graves
with the steps of the Lviv pavement
Walking on the border roads
And with that moment, stay erstwhile we are
also together under the Sigmund Column
They read their poems erstwhile the day
It's already dark and the stars are falling
above the castle of kings lit
And as long as my thought wanders here
We'll inactive meet a lot.
And as long as dreams be what you are
of the another part
27 XII 2024
Mariusz Olbromski
WATCH OF A DEATH
Mrs Halina Herbert-Żebrowska
I rejoice in your song and deed
Your ancient religion that flows like a mountain stream.
Today, erstwhile the sun rose with Staff, I was wandering
the rhythm of the magnificent Polish archipelago
alleys, parks, feathers and pavements of your old.
And I stopped by Herbert's in the yard in Lyczak,
still there the string of light fleeting scenes creates.
There's inactive a tree whispering, there's voices in the walls,
are stuck in their silence - pearls in a roaring sea.
I stood there erstwhile with a grey girl, for a while
quite sunken in any reverberations of Atlantis: a cloud
The reflections of the known stairs rolled, doors, those faces,
Inside, blending into scenes, talking inactive alive...
8 X 2012
HIRING
Rafał Żebrowski
Who's gonna halt all the lion clocks?
The night is coming, and the day is besides short.
I'd inactive like to wander Grodecka,
in Łychkowska to visit 1 yard.
More fountain songs in the marketplace to hear,
yet to absorb frescoes in Armenian Cathedral,
yet, casual conversations to conduct,
Wandering around the old town like a stray dog.
Yet on Ryleev look at the paintings
from outdoor time long gone.
With you, the editor has a warm fear,
enjoy the hospitality of Jadziuni in the garden.
Still with Goszczyński a small quiet,
to Maria and Zapolskia to realize again
And finally, under that pylon, you will become huge
where a 1000 dead at dusk are on fire,
To perceive to and perceive to hearts fade besides young...
With prayer embrace all rows of graves...
XI 2012
HERBERT'S CASTLE
You raised the Shadow advanced Castle
from memories of the suffering of love
with a parent of anxious sighs
with my grandmother's patient knees
with many hours of wandering feathers
not for fun art appearance
You built this castle like the Acropolis.
where the bright marble of the line
Bears a golden division of thoughts and hearts
They're inactive looking at the city of cariatids.
beautiful Lviv girls
They carry centuries of variable ceiling of heaven
Yeah, I'm certain he's considering the truth.
Another is reasoning about justice.
Next Freedom carries a look
Other word reliability by all
hours in silence change
They will not break this castle of hypocrisy
It won't break the bullet of any fabrication.
It will last among all generation
29 X 2024
With the powder.
A FRIEND
Recollections of Rafal Żebrowski
Stay with your heart
volume of Rafale poems together
with many books on the library shelf
friends with different dedications
madmen who have read
Parapoesia continues
believing in the meaning of your search
and the struggles of the constant spirit
Stay with your tone
Ascetic goodbyes
curator of the memory of the Herbert family
with our glad graves
with the steps of the Lviv pavement
Walking on the border roads
And with that moment, stay erstwhile we are
also together under the Sigmund Column
They read their poems erstwhile the day
It's already dark and the stars are falling
above the castle of kings lit
And as long as my thought wanders here
We'll inactive meet a lot.
And as long as dreams be what you are
of the another part
27 XII 2024
Mariusz Olbromski
WATCH OF A DEATH
Mrs Halina Herbert-Żebrowska
I rejoice in your song and deed
Your ancient religion that flows like a mountain stream.
Today, erstwhile the sun rose with Staff, I was wandering
the rhythm of the magnificent Polish archipelago
alleys, parks, feathers and pavements of your old.
And I stopped by Herbert's in the yard in Lyczak,
still there the string of light fleeting scenes creates.
There's inactive a tree whispering, there's voices in the walls,
are stuck in their silence - pearls in a roaring sea.
I stood there erstwhile with a grey girl, for a while
quite sunken in any reverberations of Atlantis: a cloud
The reflections of the known stairs rolled, doors, those faces,
Inside, blending into scenes, talking inactive alive...
8 X 2012
HIRING
Rafał Żebrowski
Who's gonna halt all the lion clocks?
The night is coming, and the day is besides short.
I'd inactive like to wander Grodecka,
in Łychkowska to visit 1 yard.
More fountain songs in the marketplace to hear,
yet to absorb frescoes in Armenian Cathedral,
yet, casual conversations to conduct,
Wandering around the old town like a stray dog.
Yet on Ryleev look at the paintings
from outdoor time long gone.
With you, the editor has a warm fear,
enjoy the hospitality of Jadziuni in the garden.
Still with Goszczyński a small quiet,
to Maria and Zapolskia to realize again
And finally, under that pylon, you will become huge
where a 1000 dead at dusk are on fire,
To perceive to and perceive to hearts fade besides young...
With prayer embrace all rows of graves...
XI 2012
HERBERT'S CASTLE
You raised the Shadow advanced Castle
from memories of the suffering of love
with a parent of anxious sighs
with my grandmother's patient knees
with many hours of wandering feathers
not for fun art appearance
You built this castle like the Acropolis.
where the bright marble of the line
Bears a golden division of thoughts and hearts
They're inactive looking at the city of cariatids.
beautiful Lviv girls
They carry centuries of variable ceiling of heaven
Yeah, I'm certain he's considering the truth.
Another is reasoning about justice.
Next Freedom carries a look
Other word reliability by all
hours in silence change
They will not break this castle of hypocrisy
It won't break the bullet of any fabrication.
It will last among all generation
29 X 2024
With the powder.
A FRIEND
Recollections of Rafal Żebrowski
Stay with your heart
volume of Rafale poems together
with many books on the library shelf
friends with different dedications
madmen who have read
Parapoesia continues
believing in the meaning of your search
and the struggles of the constant spirit
Stay with your tone
Ascetic goodbyes
curator of the memory of the Herbert family
with our glad graves
with the steps of the Lviv pavement
Walking on the border roads
And with that moment, stay erstwhile we are
also together under the Sigmund Column
They read their poems erstwhile the day
It's already dark and the stars are falling
above the castle of kings lit
And as long as my thought wanders here
We'll inactive meet a lot.
And as long as dreams be what you are
of the another part
27 XII 2024
