public class com.enteract.sa.marek.Martina extends Object throws Exception { public com.enteract.sa.marek.Martina () // constructor { // no state to speak of, but if there were to be any, here it would go. System.out.printline ("Polish draft translation" + "(on the occasion of Martina Hingis' lovely smile and play)"); } public void pointToLyricsForLateLament () { // found lyrics on the web, appropriately enough, in Switzerland. System.out.printline ("http://www.lyrics.ch/cgi-bin/approx.pl?phrase=Late+Lament&type=song"); } public void enjoyTranslationOfLateLamentToPolish () { // enjoy the translation -- left as exercise for the reader. } } ========= Ubolewanie na po/z/niej -------------------------------------------------------------- Wdychnij tak gl/e/boko ta/ zbieraja/ca/ sie/ ponuros/c/ Spo/jrz na s/wiatl/a gasna/ce w kaz/dym pokoju Ci co sobie tylko siedza/ rozpamie/tuja/ i ubolewaja/ sobie Naste/pnego dnia energie/ roztrwoniona/ Namie/tni kochankowie uprawiaja/ zapasy niby to jednym cial/em Czl/owiek samotny wol/a o mil/os/c/ i jest mu jej brak Matka noworo/dka unosi go ku piersi swojej i karmi synka Emeryci z/al/uja/ z/e juz/ nie sa/ ml/odzi. Marek Lugowski 1 February 1998 Chicago, Illinois with a little help from my many friends, esp. Pani Krystyna Garbarczyk, my Polish teacher in grade school