Future Folk - Krakowiacy i górale

Cracovians and mountaineers, like a distaff's strand
When the heart connects them, the honor divides

Mountaineers are wandering on a Cracow's marketplace
They are selling jackets, buying corals
And sleeping knights are laying in the dragon's nest¹
King Giewont² is bowing before the Saint Mary's Basilica³
The pigeons are ruling the Cracow's marketplace
*Centuś and *Baca are trading souls
They take freedom with the scythe, liberty with the ciupaga⁴
Every one of them chooses its own way

Cracovians and mountaineers, like a distaff's strand
When the heart connects them, the honor divides
Cracovians and mountaineers, like a distaff's strand
When the heart connects them, the honos divides
Save me, girl, give me your heart as a gift
Like fire and water

Girl are wandering on a Cracow's marketplace
The mountaineers are looking into their blue eyes
Mickiewicz and Sabała⁵ are teliing stories
The maids are happily dancing with Janosik⁶
Old or young men, all are tasting love
Cause it tastes the same in the suit or in shorts
They are looking for happiness, calling to the inn
Boys will drink with the maids, the musicians are playing

Cracovians and mountaineers, like a distaff's strand
When the heart connects them, the honor divides
Save me, girl, give me your heart as a gift
Like fire and water

Cracovians and mountaineers, like a distaff's strand
When the heart connects them, the honor divides
Save me, girl, give me your heart as a gift
Like fire and water


¹ A reference to one of the natonal Polish legends
² Giewont is a mountain in Tatra Mountains in Poland
³ Famous church in Cracow
*Centuś - jokingly about the miser in Cracow
*Baca - shepherd in Tatra Mountains
⁴ Traditional Polish mouintaineer's staff
⁵ Mickiewicz is a famous Polish poet, Sabała - a Polish storyteller
⁶ A famous Slovak highwayman, main character of many Slovak and Polish legends, novels, poems and films