Emil Zatopek: Earth's Tearing Cry And Heaven's Beaming Smile

Emil Zatopek, Emil Zatopek!...

Emil Zatopek, Emil Zatopek!

Teeming world records in a beaming deck.

O birthless, deathless will power,

In endurance-life, Everest-Tower.

Emil Zatopek, Emil Zatopek!

Breathless interval training-pioneer,

A sure oneness-heart far and near.