Creed
[Poem composed
in Polish under the name Stefan Zachartowicz;
translated by the author]
What for those boisterous and deceitful words —
What for those slogans which burst forth in colors?
No substance is hidden in any of them —
They do not affect anybody....
Why build altars to idols,
And celebrate Mass before them with evangelical words?
When there is indifference in the hearts and faces
Of the people with their master — the black angel.
Therefore, with contempt I reject that ballast
And recognize only one bond with the world —
Born out of egoism and my own ethics
OBLIGATION! ...
and... Ten Commandments
Lübeck, Germany, 9 December 1945