Vilnele, run to Vilija!
And, Vilija, to Nemunas' shore!
Convey this message: 'We love life
But love our country even more!'
We battled hard and long – bloodstained
We come back to the battlefield.
In water pure our wounds we'll bathe
And with green silk we'll bandage them.
And, should you ask the stones what sort
Of men we are, they with one breath
Shall say how valiantly we fought
Our foes whose eyes were closed by death.
Blue sister, River Vilija,
Make haste, make haste to Nemunas' shore!
Convey this message: 'We love life
But freedom we love even more.'
Translated by Peter Tempest
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
What a poem showing the need to sacrifice one's precious life for the sake of freedom.Salomeja has so many interesting poems I don't know why only 17 are posted here.For instance Her poem children of war is tear jerking!