And now I'm coming to the two concluding poems.
And here I make an experiment.
Being an experimental scientist, I
read first in Czech and then in English, this one.
Oběd
„Polévku nutno dojídat
až do poslední lžičky,
neboť právě v té je síla.
Jez polívčičku!
Nenimrej se v tom!
Nebo budeš slabý
a nevyrosteš!
A bude to tvá vina!
Ostatně i města a národy
mohou za to, že nevyrostly!
Viním malá města,
že se nestala velkými městy!
Tím hůře pro ně!
Viním malé národy,
že se nestaly mocnými!
Tím hůře pro ně!
Accuso le piccole nazione, I blame the little nations, ich beschuldige die kleinen Nationen, j'accuse les petites nations!
A dožer tu polívku, než bude jako led!"
In some translations--
[LAUGHTER]
In some translations, it's "Dinner."
In other translations, it's "Supper."
This is a "Supper" translation.
[LAUGHTER]
"You must eat all your soup.
That's how you get strong.
Eat that soupie, stop playing with it!
Or else you will be weak and you won't grow up,
and that will be your fault. If it comes to that,
towns and nations are to blame when they don't grow up.
I blame small towns for not becoming cities.
Their tough luck.
I blame little nations for not growing powerful.
Their tough luck.
Accuso le piccole nazione, ich beschuldige die kleinen Nationen, j'accuse les petites nations! So bolt that soup before it turns to ice!"
[LAUGHTER]