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The poem evokes memories of the Tyśmienica river, where the poet's father, an engineer, built fascines to strengthen the river banks. It goes on to recall sympathetically how peasants from the nearby Carpathian mountains, from the ethnic group 'Łemkowie' (Lemkos), would try to smuggle salt drawn from their own land past the local Polish policeman patrolling the bridge.
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English translation of the title: A Memory
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English translation of first line: On the Tyśmienica river
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Dedication: Bratu Tadeuszowi [To my brother Tadeusz]
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Subjects:
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Tysmienica River,
cPoland,cEastern Europe, Europe,
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Drohobycz,
cPoland,cEastern Europe, Europe,
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