An Anthology of Czechoslovak Poetry/Czech Poetry/Josef Kalus
For works with similar titles, see Geese.
JOSEF KALUS
(1855–)
Born in Frenštát, Kalus is now a teacher in Moravia. He is one of the poets who remained in the tradition of Sládek, but his themes are almost entirely drawn from his native district.
THE GEESE
Ah geese, my little geese,How little do you knowThat on your snowy breastsMy dowry fair doth grow.
For I shall have my bedsOut of your downy lot;In them my dearest loveWill take me to his cot.
There I shall spread them out,In covers fine and light;And there we both shall sleep,Like stars in doublets white.Translated by Jos. V. Sládek