Polish Madonnas POEMS AND IMAGES POEMS TRANSLATED BY DANUTA ROMANOWSKA ILLUSTRATED WITH PAINTINGS BY WIESLAWA KWIATKOWSKA Polish Madonnas POEMS AND IMAGES POEMS TRANSLATED BY DANUTA ROMANOWSKA ILLUSTRATED WITH PAINTINGS BY WIESLAWA KWIATKOWSKA Translation: Danuta Romanowska Illustrated with paintings by: Wieslawa Kwiatkowska Foreword: Fr. Johann G. Roten, S.M. Editors and contributors: Carole MacClennan, Phyllis Wysinski, Denise Martinsek Design: Ann E. Zlotnik Printing: Progressive Printers, Inc., Dayton, Ohio Copyright © 2017 by The Marian Library/International Marian Research Institute, University of Dayton, Dayton Ohio The poems included in this publication are from a variety of authors published in a variety of Polish publications. Among the sources known to the translators, we thankfully acknowledge Idzmy do Niepokalanego Serca Maryi, Warsaw; Matko Najmilsza, Krakow; Sto Modlitw do Maryi, Warsaw; w Ramionach Matki, Czestochowa; and Wybor Wierszy, Ludzmierz. For a number of poems included in this publication, the sources remain unknown to the translators. It is our hope that this publication will be a welcome aid in discovering the original sources, and so to be able to honor authorship and publication of the non-identifiable poems. TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD ........................................................................................................................... i QUEEN OF POLAND ...........................................................................................................1 MOTHER OF GOD OF LICHEN ..............................................................................2-3 Mary – Mateusz Jez................................................................................................4 Beloved Mother – Fr. Stefan Zima ......................................................................5 PORTRAIT OF THE BLACK MADONNA ..............................................................6-7 Jasna Gora Litany – Author unknown .............................................................8 Jasna Gora Oasis – Fr. Jan Pach ....................................................................... 10 Jasna Gora Walls – Fr. Jan Pach ....................................................................... 11 LITANY ....................................................................................................................12-13 Holy Mother of Czestochowa – Jan Lechon ................................................ 14 Prayer of Gratitude – Author unknown ....................................................... 15 POLISH MADONNAS ..........................................................................................16-17 Pray for Our Faith – Krystyna Krahelska ....................................................... 18 Litany – Waclaw T. Chabrowski ....................................................................... 19 SOLDIER’S FATE ....................................................................................................20-21 Prayer – Jan Olechowski ................................................................................... 22 Under Your Protection – Mateusz Jez ............................................................ 23 SHOW YOURSELF FROM AFAR ........................................................................24-25 Holy Mother of the Military – Wawrzyniec Czeresniewski ...................... 26 MOTHER OF SORROWS ................................................................................................. 27 MADONNA OF TOLEDO ....................................................................................28-29 Stabat Mater – Teofil Lenartowicz ................................................................. 30 MADONNA OF ZNAMIEROWIC.......................................................................32-33 Fragment of Litany – Cyprian Norwid ........................................................... 34 Hymn to the Most Holy Mother – Author unknown .................................. 35 MADONNA OF THE GLADIOLI ........................................................................36-37 You Cried, Mother – Author unknown .......................................................... 38 MADONNA OF THE NASTURTIUMS ..............................................................40-41 United With You – Pope John Paul II .............................................................. 42 VIRGIN MARY ..................................................................................................................... 43 MADONNA OF NAZARETH ..............................................................................44-45 Praying Virgin – Fr. Jan Pach ............................................................................. 46 Calm Us – Fr. Jan Pach ........................................................................................ 47 CAROL .....................................................................................................................48-49 Annunciation – Fr. Jan Pach ............................................................................. 50 To the Silent Mother – Fr. Jan Pach ................................................................. 51 THE ANNUNCIATION (I) .....................................................................................52-53 Ave Maria – Roman Brandstaetter ................................................................. 54 THE ANNUNCIATION (II) ....................................................................................56-57 Yearning – Janina Woynarowska .................................................................... 58 Prayer – Henri Caldelari and Isabelle Barman ........................................... 59 MADONNAS OF THE WORLD ........................................................................60-61 Aniol Panski: The Angel of the Lord – Roman Brandstaetter .................. 62 THE IMMACULATA ..............................................................................................64-65 To the Immaculata – Fr. Jan Pach ................................................................... 66 Daily Visitation – Fr. Jan Pach .......................................................................... 67 Immaculata – Author unknown ..................................................................... 68 MOTHER OF THE HOLY CHILD .............................................................................. 69 JESUS CHRIST IS BORN ......................................................................................70-71 Holiday Greeting – Wladyslawa Anna Jamroz ............................................ 72 In Front of Jesus’ Manger – Wladyslawa Anna Jamroz ............................. 73 CHRISTMAS CAROL ............................................................................................74-75 Christ’s Birth – Wladyslawa Anna Jamroz ................................................... 76 Offer Us to God – Fr. Jan Pach .......................................................................... 77 LULLABY .................................................................................................................78-79 War Time Lullaby – Wladyslawa Anna Jamroz ........................................... 80 Polish Christmas Poem – Zbigniew Chalko ................................................. 81 Warsaw Carol 1939 – Stanislaw Balinski ...................................................... 82 MOTHER OF THE COMMON PEOPLE ......................................................................... 83 BEAUTIFUL PILGRIM ...........................................................................................84-85 Wanderer’s Litany – Fr. Jan Pach ..................................................................... 86 DEAR MAIDEN OF LIPSK ...................................................................................88-89 Entreaty for Your Eyes – Fr. Jan Pach .............................................................. 90 Mother’s Eyes – Fr. Jan Pach .............................................................................. 91 REFUGE OF SINNERS ..........................................................................................92-93 Refuge of Sinners – Konstanty Ildefons Galczynski .................................. 94 To the Most Holy Mother – Jozef Morelowski ............................................. 94 Prayer – Alessandro Parronchi ........................................................................ 95 MADONNA OF KRUZLOWA..............................................................................96-97 Madonna of Kruzlowa – Jerzy Harasymowicz ............................................ 98 HEALER OF PRZYDONICA ............................................................................100-101 When a Child Is Sick – Kazimiera Illakowiczowna ...................................102 Heart of Mary, in Your Assumption, Pray for Us – Fr. Stefan Zima....103 MADONNA OF THE NIGHT ..........................................................................104-105 Mamo – Fr. Jan Pach .........................................................................................106 Let Us Sit Together – Fr. Jan Pach ...................................................................107 MADONNA COVERED WITH CHERRY BLOSSOMS ...............................108-109 Mother’s Hands – Fr. Jan Pach ........................................................................110 OUR LADY OF THE SEASONS .....................................................................................111