City Phantoms
today, my translation 'service' / dziś z moich 'usług' tłumaczeniowych City Phantoms Under the windows quiet dream Just as cats crawls silently O’er the roofs, too, evening walks Treading clouds with catlike paws Silence creeping round the square Tracks down some surviving words Misty streets will gladly share Cobbled spread with a whole world So, man, beware – when darkness comes Watch out and mind – your steps reach chasms A silent howl spreads thru the night The silent phantoms glide dressed up as cats The freezing glow comes out at sight Of thousand eyes, ill-omened chat Once paralyzing then observes You move, they sing their serenades Each of them – is pure lust Hold breath and stab with eyes Pierce the hollows where night hides Hear the moth inside the lamp But to deaden their foot’s sound Failed to find out where they lurk They’ll just spring out from the murk And a sole look from their eyes Ma...