The text about the absent God with rainbow-colored skin sounds particularly powerful during the Christmas season of Anno Domini 2021. This carol was created so that the empty place at the table would not be merely a symbol, but a synonym for tolerance, humanity and hospitALITY.

God is born, little Gypsy
A little lamb sleeps beside him
God is born, a Pakistani
The sun dances in his hair

Little gods are born in great numbers
Little children are born beautifully
And they ask, "Where is paradise?"
And they ask, "Where is paradise?"

Ah, how beautiful it is to be born
Whether in Aleppo or Łódź
Ah, how difficult it is to be born
In a little boat on the water

Where is the country, and which country is it
Where can the God with rainbow-colored skin
Hide from wars
From fears and hunger?

Where God is not frightened by fear
For what can fears do to gods?
God is born, little godless one
Sleep, little African child

Ah, how beautiful it is to be born
Whether in Aleppo or Łódź
Ah, how strange it is to be born
In water, cold and hunger

God is born, a little Pole
What is Your sign? A white little nose
God is born, a lovely elf
May he live many years

In the land-paradise, a beautiful land
In the land-paradise, a beautiful land
Which is precisely our country
Fairy-tale, fairy-tale, fairy-tale...

Ah, how beautiful it is to be born
Whether in Aleppo or Łódź
Ah, how difficult it is to be born
In a little boat on the water

Ah, how beautiful it is to be born
In Minsk, Lviv or Łódź
Ah, how strange it is to be born
In the west and the east

Lyrics: Jarosław Mikołajewski, music: Grzegorz Turnau