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English translation of first line: and when they make the dress for your coffin
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The poem addresses a dead woman, describing her funeral, presenting it as though the woman was the agent of what was happening ('całunem twarz zasłonisz/i karawanem po światłość wiekuistą/wyruszysz' [you will cover your face with a shroud/and in a procession set off into eternal life]).
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