Free Polish Army - Flag Over Cassino

BeppoSapone · 30-08-2004, 08:14 PM

Here is a WW2 postcard of the Polish flag flying over the ruins of the Abbey at Monte Cassino.

Can any Polish member please translate the text?

In case it is not clear in my JPG I will write the words here. However, please understand that I do not speak a word of Polish, and the text was none too clear to me.

Czerwone maki pod...Monte Cassino
Zamiast rosy pily Polska krew
Po tych makach szedl zolnierz i ginal
Bo od smierci silniejszy byl gniew

3dsk · 10-09-2004, 08:02 PM

It is a song "The red poppies of Monte Cassino"

Red poppies on Monte Cassino
Instead of dew, drank Polish blood.
As the soldier crushed them in falling,
For the anger was more potent than death.
Years will pass and ages will roll,
But traces of bygone days will stay,
And the poppies on Monte Cassino
Will be redder having quaffed Polish blood.

BeppoSapone · 11-09-2004, 10:58 AM

[quote=3dsk,Sep 10 2004, 01:02 PM]
It is a song "The red poppies of Monte Cassino"

Thank you for your help 3dsk. I had no idea that such a song even existed!

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30-08-2004, 08:14 PM	#1 (permalink)
BeppoSapone Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 275	Here is a WW2 postcard of the Polish flag flying over the ruins of the Abbey at Monte Cassino. Can any Polish member please translate the text? In case it is not clear in my JPG I will write the words here. However, please understand that I do not speak a word of Polish, and the text was none too clear to me. Czerwone maki pod...Monte Cassino Zamiast rosy pily Polska krew Po tych makach szedl zolnierz i ginal Bo od smierci silniejszy byl gniew

10-09-2004, 08:02 PM	#2 (permalink)
3dsk Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 6	It is a song "The red poppies of Monte Cassino" Red poppies on Monte Cassino Instead of dew, drank Polish blood. As the soldier crushed them in falling, For the anger was more potent than death. Years will pass and ages will roll, But traces of bygone days will stay, And the poppies on Monte Cassino Will be redder having quaffed Polish blood.

11-09-2004, 10:58 AM	#3 (permalink)
BeppoSapone Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 275	[quote=3dsk,Sep 10 2004, 01:02 PM] It is a song "The red poppies of Monte Cassino" Thank you for your help 3dsk. I had no idea that such a song even existed!

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