Pray at Kostelní Vydří
In October, you will go to Vydří.
On that bright autumn day
ask the Virgin Mary:
Destroy that hydra monster,
before it engulfs us.
Don't let us perish.
The white pearly shell
climb on the throat of the monster
and trample it into darkness,
kill that monster already!
Then the happy bellies
will jiggle on the bark,
joyfully their little feet
will hop on the organ.
Oh, Carmelite Virgin,
grind that creature
to dust.
Pray in the Church of Vydří.
Ask that the Holy Virgin
thwart Leviathan.
(Ivan Martin Jirous, Magor's Swan Songs;
verses from Valdice prison)
