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English translation of the title: Sigismund's Day in the Cellar in Stare Miasto
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English translation of first line: Again we're drawn into that cellar
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Author's note: 1961
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The poem is about listening to a jazz concert in a cellar-bar in the Stare Miasto, the historic 'Old Town' of Warsaw. 'Dzien Zygmunta' [Sigismund's Day] refers to Kolumna Zygmunta [Sigismund's Column], a column and statue in the Stare Miasto commemorating the Polish historical figure of King Sigismund III Vasa.
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Stare Miasto,
Warsaw,
cPoland,cEastern Europe, Europe,
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