We Do Not Believe In Hell (English)

We do not believe in hell

 

We do not believe in hell,

Where the fire dances,

We are alone with sparks

In our faces every night,

Watching sleepy stars.

 

We from the abyss worlds,

Of fragrant sulphur and pitch

(Alcohol is also a perfume),

Cuddle in soft embrace

With those from heaven and hell.

 

Who condemns us,

Those who laugh themselves mad.

 

Our hands do not touch,

Our fingers do not point,

In dead night’s shadows.

Among ends

-dancing lanterns-

Our bare feet call.

 

Under a silver coin like moon

(Alcohol is also a perfume).

　

Halina Poświatowska

Translated by Will Tyrman.