Urszula Kochanowska

Philosophical, Only a seemingly very simple ballad, from the late volume Leśmiana, shady drink, directly refers to the trainings of Jan Kochanowski, Especially the nineteenth. In Kochanowski's poem, a beloved daughter is in heaven, between angels and eternal spirits and she is boundlessly happy there:

As a grateful dawn, he shines, and behind theirs
Parents pray

In Leśmian's poem we are dealing with a slightly different situation, Urszulka's heavenly happiness is not so obvious. Daughter of a Renaissance poet, Despite being next to God, He misses his family home in Czarnoles and parents. Good God allows a child to transform part of the paradise into the equivalent of the earthly court of parents, Cover to the table and expect the arrival of the mother and father with longing – desired guests. The girl was waiting for her parents' visit all night, when she heard a knock on the door at the early dawn, She was very disappointed, that he only visited her (!) God (The heart in the breast dies… NO!… To – God, not them!…).

So that the child could be really happy in paradise, It must resemble such a beloved parents' house in Czarnolesie, earthly scenery, for such, just earthly, is the general nature of man. Meanwhile, the sky does not have much in common with the family home, its atmosphere, it resembles a soulless wasteland (God is quite clearly aware of this), in which souls were imprisoned. Their heavenly duration is essentially meaningless.

Of course, Reading Urszula Kochanowska cannot be brought to only a straight line, fantastic anecdotes (Also notice, that the heroine-narrator is once a child, once an adult, as evidenced by her language), The poem has a very wide philosophical context. Leśmian took over the Christian philosophy of the dual nature of a man consisting of an immortal soul and a deadly body. Poet, valuing above all, what real, verifiable, In the foreground he invariably put human corporeality (Material exceeds the spirit – It is also no different in Urszula Kochanowska) and in this context you should see the image of God inscribed in his poems. He has almost equal rights at Leśmian, Similar status, what a man, similar to human problems, he is not foreign to concern, Even God's suffering (Christ) it becomes something really important then, when they are confirmed by human suffering. In the stew – Apart from the humorous aspect of the poem, we will say, that God is responsible for evil, Human mental problems, Because he created them himself. In turn, a fantastic character from Mr. Błyszczyński has a creative power, which even amazes God, Błyszczyński even competes with the Creator, defends against God of his not entirely thermal world.

The heroes of Leśmian's poems usually seek God unsuccessfully. In the poem Betleem Stajenka turns out to be empty long ago, There is no Maria, Magdalena, There is no God himself – His final death took place. However, God from Urszula Kochanowska somewhat resembles a fairy tale, good wizard (The Creator is not even in the omniscient poem):

He smiled and nodded – and soon from God's chick
A cup of a cup was created in a cup, like ours – Czarnolaski.

This is God close, friendly, not so much a harsh judge, what a good father understanding all his children.