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  What it means

  “A dream is an illusion; God is faith.” Dreams are fleeting and deceptive, but faith in God is the true and lasting reality. Used to dismiss the significance of dreams.

  Vocabulary

  • sen — dream, sleep
  • mara — illusion, phantom, spectre
  • wiara — faith, belief

  Grammar note

  A nominal sentence with no verb — two parallel equations using the dash. Both 'mara' and 'wiara' are nominative predicates.

  Cultural context

  Reflects the deeply Catholic tradition of Polish folk culture, where dreams were considered unreliable compared to religious faith.

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