Gniezno               Kazik Borucki The first capital of our Poland Under Mieszko and Boleslaw A Slavic nation founded a country And Poland's fame began to spread Gniezno means the first "nest" of our country Our first Polish capital That's the time when Poland originated Showing the world her face for the first time Gniezno, the nest of the white eagle Which made its home here Became the emblem of the Polish nation Like the heart beating inside me The white eagle appears everywhere At offices, schools and churches We place our pride and hope in it It elevates us in spirit and body In the tenth century Anno Domini Our Polish state arose For ten centuries breaking down barriers Some of them mighty, large and high But the Pole with the eagle on his brow Heroically overcame all obstacles He did not despair in spirit or body Although almost never did he have any comfort Gniezno, our first Polish government Which was founded by a Slavic nation The Church was instrumental in it As the Polish state was Christian Then came the founding of the Polish state Through the Christian Catholic Church Poland joined the Church of Rome In the year of Our Lord nine-sixty-six.      Gniezno, the "nest" where the Polish state was born, is the most pleasant place for we Poles, for it is significant as a symbolic place, the nest where all of us were born. We owe that to Mieszko the First, who established the Polish state in 966, seeking faith in God in Rome and taking Dabrowka from neighboring Bohemia as his wife. Poland was born with God.