Rendering into Polish the Welsh verse form called englynion, which had been already
„translated” into English, creates particular formal challenges. This essay demonstrates
how they have been faced; it also investigates the emotional context of both the
original, which reflects on a controversial event from recent Welsh history, and of the
translation. The personal experience as well as the archival material concerning the
flooded Tryweryn Valley create a kind of hypertext which sends its readers in search
of references. Translation testifies to this search.

Rendering into Polish the Welsh verse form called englynion, which had been already
„translated” into English, creates particular formal challenges. This essay demonstrates
how they have been faced; it also investigates the emotional context of both the
original, which reflects on a controversial event from recent Welsh history, and of the
translation. The personal experience as well as the archival material concerning the
flooded Tryweryn Valley create a kind of hypertext which sends its readers in search
of references. Translation testifies to this search.