[pwdisswordfish2]

If you can get your hands on a translation by Michael Kandel, you should read that. He translated directly from Polish, sometimes even spoke directly with Lem regarding his translation, and I'm told he did a pretty good job with Lem's books.

[DonHopkins]

Agreed! Michael Kandel is an astoundingly great translator. He translated Cyberiad, including these poems by the electronic bard:

http://www.art.net/~hopkins/Don/lem/WonderfulPoems.html

http://www.art.net/~hopkins/Don/lem/HorriblePoems.html