Magda Umer - Nie oczekuję dziś nikogo

In the din of the cafe
In the dimly lit lights
Again I sit listening
To the melody familiar to us
Every day at dusk
It has led me here
And so it was until yesterday
But today, today I know that...

I expect no one today
No longer will you say "Good morning" to me
Yet, I cannot stop myself from
Looking toward the door
And everyone is an unwelcome intruder
Who wants to take your place today
I tell everyone it is taken
As if you were to come in any moment

I know too well that my hands
Will no longer feel your arms atremble
Yet, every dusk finds me here
Here, my recollections are more vivid
I await no one today
And days ahead nothing will change
Yet, I am unable not to come
Where everything brings you nearer to me.


In my mind, I still play back
Your every gentle gesture
Faces seen as if through fog
Slowly disappear don't know where
But the sounds of the grand piano
Carry me down from the clouds
And an image recalled
simply dissolves


I expect no one today
No longer will you say "Good morning" to me
Yet, I cannot stop myself from
Looking toward the door
And everyone is a unwelcome intruder
Who wants to take your place today
I tell everyone it is taken
As if you were to come in any moment


I know too well that my hands
Will no longer feel your arms atremble
Yet, every dusk finds me here
Here, my recollections are more vivid
I await no one today
And days ahead nothing will change
Yet, I am unable not to come
Where everything brings you nearer to me.