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Chapter 6Bogur.1.6

Strofa 6

The First Father's Petition

The hymn calls upon Adam to intercede for his descendants and lead them into the heavenly kingdom.

Adam, you are God's farmer; you sit with God in His council.12 Bring your children there, where the angels reign.3

Read the original Latin

Adamie, ty boży kmieciu, Ty siedzisz u Boga [w] wiecu. Domieściż twe dzieci, Gdzież krolują anjeli.

Notes

  1. 1kmieć is an Old Polish free peasant/tenant-farmer; 'farmer' keeps the plain social register without Victorian 'husbandman.' wiec is a tribal assembly/council; 'council' captures the heavenly court sense.
  2. 2Bracketed [w] is a reconstructed preposition supplied in the normalized source ('in' the council).
  3. 3Domieściż is an emphatic imperative (domieścić + particle -ż): lead/bring to a place. Rendered 'Bring…there' to carry destination force into the next line.

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