Jacek Kaczmarski - Zbroja

My Lord, You gave me an armour
An old armourer made it
Creased in many battles
Baptised in blood
As it was made for a giant
I trip all the time
Because as a blackmail of my conciousness
It crashes my left side

But although I have lost my helmet and my sword
And it [armour] is no help for my body
It is an important thing after all
The armour

Its magical engravings
Cannot be read by anyone any more
But it is made of myths
And it's eternal as a myth
It is stuck to my body
It doesn't let me live or sleep
And a crowd is laughing at a midget
That wants to play a giant

But although I have lost my helmet and my sword
And it [armour] is no help for my body
It is an important thing after all
The armour

And there is so much dignity in it
[Dignity of] Long dried blood
That I feel it demands
And forces me to grow
Maybe in vain
But I will face [the enemies] in it like 100 men
Take it of me, My Lord
If I die during my sleep

But although I have lost my helmet and my sword
And it [armour] is no help for my body
It is an important thing after all
The armour

They shouted: War!
They woke up the horde
A quiet night is raped
And watches the first murder
The fresh wounds are burning
The shameful face is on fire
But we have as our defence
The armour of our memory

And although attack follows attack
And our enemy sends reinforcements
We will be defended from falling by
The armour

They brought tin boxes
They put bullets in barrels
And they try to scare us being scared themselves
They shoot bodies and words
Forbid to live with your shots
Let rape triumph
Over every body there will be
The shape of living memory risen

Although sun is hidden behind battle gas
Although recruits are enjoying robberies
We will be defended from falling by
The armour

They trained pigs
They bought dogs
And in the temples of empty words
They build the altar of blood
He screams in front of an idol
the half-blind preacher-liar
And with his every word
He makes our armour stronger

Although our time chokes with blood
Although our thoughts are drowning in paranoias
As always it will be protecting us
The armour
The armour