Slunce [English translation]

Once at dawn

I often used to say

that you're my sun

unknown to anybody else.

I was honest,

but you should not take it seriously.

I tend to exaggerate,

that's the reason.

Once at dawn

I often used to say

that you're my sun

that has risen in due time.

You've heard right,

but you should not take it seriously.

For countless times

a man can be mistaken.

Sun is fair,

it doesn't oversleep and warms your back.

It shines again just in time,

when rain wets your shingled hair.

It doesn't ask for anything,

it owes nothing

and it shines the same way

on my face

and on your palms.

Sun is fair,

it doesn't cheat and warms the beaches.

It fulfils its tasks

and doesn't promise what it can't do.

You can have your halo

and even emit out heat,

but you're not the sun.

In spite of all your mistakes

I understand you.

And your weaknesses

I don't criticize at all.

For I am not your sun either,

as far as I know.

Don't worry about it,

it's just a saying.

Sun is fair,

it doesn't oversleep and keeps your back warm.

It shines again in time,

when rain wets your shingled hair.

It doesn't ask for anything,

it owes nothing

and it shines in the same way

on my face

and on your palms.

Sun is fair,

it doesn't cheat and warms the beaches.

It fulfils its tasks

and doesn't promise what it can't do.

You can have your halo

and even emit out heat,

but you're not the sun.

So better be silent now

and look - the stars are gone.

A dawning comes,

the giant sun announces the morning.

What more to wish than this very miracle?

That you have me

and I have you.

• Artist:Jiří Korn