mgorny-nyan (he) :autism:🙀🚂🐧 on Nostr: On the eastern shore of #Kórnik Lake, there's a promenade dedicated to Wisława ...

On the eastern shore of #Kórnik Lake, there's a promenade dedicated to Wisława #Szymborska, the poet born in these parts. There, you can find some of her poems pinned to a fence, but also a bench dedicated to her. It includes a part of her poem, illustrated with a #cat figure.

"""
(…)
Here someone was and was,
then suddenly disappeared
and now is stubbornly absent.
All the closets were peered into.
The shelves were walked through.
The rug was lifted and examined.
Even the rule about not scattering
papers was violated.
What more is to be done?
Sleep and wait.

Let him return,
at least make a token appearance.
Then he'll learn
that one shouldn't treat a cat like this.
He will be approached
as though unwillingly,
slowly,
on very offended paws.
With no spontaneous leaps or squeals at first.
"""
(Wisława Szymborska, A Cat in an Empty Apartment, translated by Walter Whipple, https://www.babelmatrix.org/works/pl/Szymborska%2C_Wis%C5%82awa-1923/Kot_w_pustym_mieszkaniu/en/1433-A_Cat_in_an_Empty_Apartment)

https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/3066107653#map=16/52.23966/17.09016

#park #statue #hiking #poetry