Pani pana zabiła [English translation]

The news came from Poland

Lady killed Lord

Lady killed Lord

She laid him in the garden

and planted rue* there

and planted rue there

Grow, rue, high, high, high

Under the window, hey! under the window deep down

The rue reached the window

The Lady mourned the Lord

The Lady mourned the Lord

Look out, maid, in the black forest

see if somebody`s coming to us

see if somebody`s coming to us

There are Lords coming here, the Lords, the Lords

The deceased`s hey!, the deceased`s brothers.

Sit in a carriage with us

Let`s go to the far side

They went beyond forests

And killed* her there

They came under gateway

Asking about brother

Asking about brother

We are coming from a war

We know nothing about brother

We know nothing about brother

I myself don`t know where he`s been, where he`s been, where he`s been

For a war, hey!, he was to go for a war

But why is there so much blood in here

On a shoe, on the knife

On a shoe, on the knife

What blood is there on the frock

On the handkerchief in the pocket

On the handkerchief in the pocket

The maid slaughtered hens, slaughtered, slaughtered

The blood, hey!, the blood spattered upon her

Sit in a carriage with us

Let`s go to the far side

They went beyond forests

And killed her there

• Artist:Percival Schuttenbach