# Poland Is Not for Sale: A Song About the Protest on Szucha Avenue - Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2117651995041644857 - Source account: [@WasikMaciej](https://x.com/WasikMaciej) - Source language: Polish - Target language: English - Duration: 2:53 - Published: 2026-11-04 - Machine translated. Check the original before quoting. - Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/uN9hzZ1Ncs90/en/poland-is-not-for-sale-a-song-about-the-protest-on-szucha-avenue - Original-language version: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/uN9hzZ1Ncs90/pl/polska-nie-jest-na-sprzeda%C5%BC-pie%C5%9B%C5%84-o-prote%C5%9Bcie-na-alei-szucha.md ## Transcript [0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/uN9hzZ1Ncs90/en/poland-is-not-for-sale-a-song-about-the-protest-on-szucha-avenue) Friday night, Szucha Avenue, a cold wind from the Vistula. [0:03](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/uN9hzZ1Ncs90/en/poland-is-not-for-sale-a-song-about-the-protest-on-szucha-avenue?t=3) Police cars stand in a row. Blue lights flash. [0:08](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/uN9hzZ1Ncs90/en/poland-is-not-for-sale-a-song-about-the-protest-on-szucha-avenue?t=8) A line of helmeted cops. We're on the other side. [0:11](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/uN9hzZ1Ncs90/en/poland-is-not-for-sale-a-song-about-the-protest-on-szucha-avenue?t=11) A mother with a rosary, a schoolboy. Everyone sings in the same voice. [0:14](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/uN9hzZ1Ncs90/en/poland-is-not-for-sale-a-song-about-the-protest-on-szucha-avenue?t=14) Grandpa looks on, unable to believe it. Son, I know this. [0:18](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/uN9hzZ1Ncs90/en/poland-is-not-for-sale-a-song-about-the-protest-on-szucha-avenue?t=18) December, frost, the militia, ZOMO, our brothers beside us. [0:21](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/uN9hzZ1Ncs90/en/poland-is-not-for-sale-a-song-about-the-protest-on-szucha-avenue?t=21) Back then, tanks rolled toward my uncle, today it's supposedly just the police. [0:25](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/uN9hzZ1Ncs90/en/poland-is-not-for-sale-a-song-about-the-protest-on-szucha-avenue?t=25) The same smell, just a new, polished diction. [0:29](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/uN9hzZ1Ncs90/en/poland-is-not-for-sale-a-song-about-the-protest-on-szucha-avenue?t=29) They say rule of law, but I hear that force will gather them here. [0:32](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/uN9hzZ1Ncs90/en/poland-is-not-for-sale-a-song-about-the-protest-on-szucha-avenue?t=32) They say Europe, but I smell that December. [0:34](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/uN9hzZ1Ncs90/en/poland-is-not-for-sale-a-song-about-the-protest-on-szucha-avenue?t=34) I'll never believe them. [0:39](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/uN9hzZ1Ncs90/en/poland-is-not-for-sale-a-song-about-the-protest-on-szucha-avenue?t=39) We won't give it up, we won't give it up. [0:40](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/uN9hzZ1Ncs90/en/poland-is-not-for-sale-a-song-about-the-protest-on-szucha-avenue?t=40) This is our land. God above us, we beneath the sky. [0:44](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/uN9hzZ1Ncs90/en/poland-is-not-for-sale-a-song-about-the-protest-on-szucha-avenue?t=44) The heart doesn't change. Hand in hand, brother beside brother, even when it's dark. [0:49](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/uN9hzZ1Ncs90/en/poland-is-not-for-sale-a-song-about-the-protest-on-szucha-avenue?t=49) Poland is not for sale. Poland walks with me. [0:54](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/uN9hzZ1Ncs90/en/poland-is-not-for-sale-a-song-about-the-protest-on-szucha-avenue?t=54) Warsaw or Berlin? Tell me, who's in charge here? [0:57](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/uN9hzZ1Ncs90/en/poland-is-not-for-sale-a-song-about-the-protest-on-szucha-avenue?t=57) Because if the keys lie beyond the Oder, Then someone is very much mistaken. [1:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/uN9hzZ1Ncs90/en/poland-is-not-for-sale-a-song-about-the-protest-on-szucha-avenue?t=60) The prime minister says in his address that it's about the rule of law, but I see helmets, shields. [1:05](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/uN9hzZ1Ncs90/en/poland-is-not-for-sale-a-song-about-the-protest-on-szucha-avenue?t=65) Where is there room for freedom? You were in Solidarity. [1:09](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/uN9hzZ1Ncs90/en/poland-is-not-for-sale-a-song-about-the-protest-on-szucha-avenue?t=69) You remember those freezing days yourself. [1:11](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/uN9hzZ1Ncs90/en/poland-is-not-for-sale-a-song-about-the-protest-on-szucha-avenue?t=71) So why are there barricades and threats on Szucha Street again today? [1:15](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/uN9hzZ1Ncs90/en/poland-is-not-for-sale-a-song-about-the-protest-on-szucha-avenue?t=75) This tribunal isn't some prize on a Brussels bargaining table. [1:18](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/uN9hzZ1Ncs90/en/poland-is-not-for-sale-a-song-about-the-protest-on-szucha-avenue?t=78) From Grunwald to August, no one will enslave us. [1:22](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/uN9hzZ1Ncs90/en/poland-is-not-for-sale-a-song-about-the-protest-on-szucha-avenue?t=82) You can turn off the streetlights, you can shut the gates, but you can't extinguish the people who stand up for Mom and Dad. [1:29](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/uN9hzZ1Ncs90/en/poland-is-not-for-sale-a-song-about-the-protest-on-szucha-avenue?t=89) We won't give it up, we won't give it up. [1:31](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/uN9hzZ1Ncs90/en/poland-is-not-for-sale-a-song-about-the-protest-on-szucha-avenue?t=91) This is our land. God above us, we beneath the sky. [1:34](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/uN9hzZ1Ncs90/en/poland-is-not-for-sale-a-song-about-the-protest-on-szucha-avenue?t=94) The heart doesn't change. Hand in hand, brother by brother, even when it's dark. [1:40](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/uN9hzZ1Ncs90/en/poland-is-not-for-sale-a-song-about-the-protest-on-szucha-avenue?t=100) Poland is not for sale. Poland walks with me. [1:43](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/uN9hzZ1Ncs90/en/poland-is-not-for-sale-a-song-about-the-protest-on-szucha-avenue?t=103) Lord God, give us strength, but don't let us hate. [1:46](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/uN9hzZ1Ncs90/en/poland-is-not-for-sale-a-song-about-the-protest-on-szucha-avenue?t=106) Let that boy on the other side have a place here too. [1:50](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/uN9hzZ1Ncs90/en/poland-is-not-for-sale-a-song-about-the-protest-on-szucha-avenue?t=110) Because we're not fighting people, only for what is ours. [1:54](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/uN9hzZ1Ncs90/en/poland-is-not-for-sale-a-song-about-the-protest-on-szucha-avenue?t=114) Reconciliation grows where truth never fades. [1:58](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/uN9hzZ1Ncs90/en/poland-is-not-for-sale-a-song-about-the-protest-on-szucha-avenue?t=118) Father Jerzy said, “Overcome evil with good.” Don’t be afraid. [2:02](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/uN9hzZ1Ncs90/en/poland-is-not-for-sale-a-song-about-the-protest-on-szucha-avenue?t=122) Look the truth in the eye. Stay. Don’t leave. [2:07](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/uN9hzZ1Ncs90/en/poland-is-not-for-sale-a-song-about-the-protest-on-szucha-avenue?t=127) We won’t give it up, we won’t give it up. [2:09](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/uN9hzZ1Ncs90/en/poland-is-not-for-sale-a-song-about-the-protest-on-szucha-avenue?t=129) This is our land. God above us, we beneath the sky. [2:13](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/uN9hzZ1Ncs90/en/poland-is-not-for-sale-a-song-about-the-protest-on-szucha-avenue?t=133) The heart doesn’t change. Hand in hand, brother by brother, even when it’s dark. [2:18](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/uN9hzZ1Ncs90/en/poland-is-not-for-sale-a-song-about-the-protest-on-szucha-avenue?t=138) Poland is not for sale. Poland goes with me. [2:26](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/uN9hzZ1Ncs90/en/poland-is-not-for-sale-a-song-about-the-protest-on-szucha-avenue?t=146) Ooh, hand in hand, brother by brother, even when it’s dark. [2:30](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/uN9hzZ1Ncs90/en/poland-is-not-for-sale-a-song-about-the-protest-on-szucha-avenue?t=150) Ooh, Poland is not for sale. Poland goes with me. [2:40](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/uN9hzZ1Ncs90/en/poland-is-not-for-sale-a-song-about-the-protest-on-szucha-avenue?t=160) Poland is not for sale. Poland goes with me.