You will not tame this sea
either by humility or rapture.
But you can laugh
in its face.
Laughter
was invented by those
who live briefly
as a burst of laughter.
The eternal sea
will never learn to laugh.
Translated from the Polish by Czeslaw Milosz and Leonard Nathan
Anonymous Submission
...Laughter was invented by those who live briefly as a burst of laughter... wonderful poem.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Fantastic in imagination and writing