Nie pytaj o Polskę [English translation]

Though it's no carnival,

I have an urge to dance

And I'll dance with her till dawn.

It's not a party

but I am having fun.

Dreamless nights, sleepless days.

She ain't no mistress

but I sleep with her,

Though I face their laughter and their scorn.

She's so tired and drunk

and that's all the time,

Therefore do not,

Don't ask me any more..

Don't ask me why I remain by her side.

Don't ask me why not by the side of another.

Don't ask me why I think

that there's no other place for me.

Don't ask me what is it that I still see in her

Don't ask me why don't I see it in another.

Don't ask me why I still crave

To keep falling asleep and waking up in her. 1

Those filthy stations at which

we meet again,

those crowds there, cursing silently.

That drunkard mumbling in his sleep,

that as long as we're alive, she lives as well. 2

Don't ask me,

Don't ask me,

what do I see in her

Don't ask me what is it that I still see in her

Don't ask me why don't I see it in another.

Don't ask me why I still crave

To keep falling asleep and waking up in her.

Don't ask me why I remain by her side.

Don't ask me why not by the side of another.

Don't ask me why I think

that there's not me other place for me.

Don't ask me why I remain by her side.

Don't ask me why not by the side of another.

Don't ask me why I think

that there's no other place for me.

Don't ask me what is it that I still see in her

Don't ask me why don't I see it in another.

Don't ask me why I still crave

To keep falling asleep and waking up in her.

...don't ask...

...don't ask...

...don't ask...

...don't ask...

...don't ask... why I remain by her side

...don't ask... why not by the side of another

...don't ask... what do I still see in her

...don't ask... why don't I see it in another

...don't ask... what do I still see in her

...don't ask... why don't I see it in another...

1. It may sound strange but it is due to this self-explanatory (the title) metaphor. It sounds kinda off in polish as well, although a bit better due to an untranslatable syntactic quality. 2. This line refers to the first line of "Mazurek Dąbrowskiego" or "Poland Is Not Yet Lost", the national anthem of Poland.

• Artist:Obywatel G. C.
• Album:Tak! Tak! (1988)