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The poem depicts a pre-war gathering of anxious smugglers in a tavern near the Polish-Belarusian border. It ends with a lament for the loss of the poet's homeland, symbolised by the figures of the smugglers and the surrounding borderlands.
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English translation of the title: Unfinished Ballad
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English translation of first line: In a far-off tavern on the outskirts of town
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Pina River,
cBelarus,ccFormer Soviet Union,cEastern Europe, Europe,
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