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The paper attempts to interpret Wisława Szymborska’s poem The Night which takes up the Old Testament story of Abraham sacrificing Isaac on the Mount Moriah. The author tries to demonstrate how the poet – using the child’s voice – argues with the biblical text. The introduction of the contexts of developmental psychology and of Jewish Passover together with a detailed analysis lead to the conclusion that Szymborska’s poem – employing emotional and intellectual simplifications – constitutes an ideological statement.