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Lithuania, my country! You are as good health;
How much one should prize you, he only can tell, Who has lost you...

— Adam Mickiewicz

Litwo! Ojczyzno moja! ty jesteś jak zdrowie;
Ile cię trzeba cenić, ten tylko się dowie, Kto cię stracił...

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Opening lines, translated by Marcel Weyland

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Sound as a burrow'd marmot he slept
On the straw where he'd tumbled fully-dressed that night.

Będę o to Pana Boga pytać,
On to wszystko zapisał, wszystko mnie opowie.

In spring's own country, where the gardens blow,
You faded, tender rose! For hours now past,
Like butterflies departing, on you're cast
The worms of memories to work you woe.

Ja i ojczyzna to jedno.
Nazywam się Miljion — bo za milijony
Kocham i cierpię katusze.

If I gaze at a comet with all the strength of my soul,
It cannot stir from the spot while my eyes are upon it.

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