#anna swirszczynska

How good that it happened
how good that it’s already over.
Thank you, sweetheart,
For these two joys.

Now
my body is light and my soul pure.
Dry-cleaned of lust
I have a violent craving,
like an asthmatic for air,
for tasks that are hard,
for hard human work.

My head wants to work and my hands,
I have been created for work,
not for pleasure.
I am strong, I can carry

burdens, as do the strong.

(Translation by Magnus J. Krynski & Robert A. Maguire)