5 Quotes by Tadeusz Rózewicz

They mutilate they torment each otherwith silences with wordsas if they had anotherlife to livethey do soas if they had forgottenthat their bodiesare inclined to deaththat the insides of men easily break downruthless with each otherthey are weakerthan plants and animalsthey can be killed by a wordby a smile by a look

Że też w tym kraju każdy kelner jest filozofem i każdy filozof kelnerem.

Tell me aboutyour Italian journeyI am not ashamedI wept in that countrybeauty touched meI was a child once morein the womb of that countryI weptI am not ashamedI have tried to return to paradise

From Goldgold bars and gold ingotsbare their teeththe skulls keep silent the sockets speak

RoseRose is the name of a floweror a dead girlYou can place a rose in a warm palmor in black soilA red rose screamsone with golden hair passed in silenceBlood drains from the pale petalthe girl’s dress hangs formlessA gardener tends tenderly to a busha father who survived rages in madnessFive years have passed since Your deathflower of love that knows no thornToday a rose bloomed in the gardenmemory of the living and faith have died.