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English translation of the title: Christmas 1948
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English translation of first line: It's such an ordinary happiness -
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Dedication: Marychowi [To Marych] [Marych is an affectionate diminutive form of the Polish man's name Marian; the author's husband's name]
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The poem celebrates love between a man and a woman. It expresses joy at the anticipated birth of the speaker's and addressee's first child, mirrored in the feast of Christmas (in Polish, Boże Narodzenie or 'God's Birth') which is taking place.
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