EN
The author indicates the limitations of epistemological concepts of the metaphor and its representating functions. He also analyzes the art of translation in the context of creating metaphorical equivalents and substitutes. Based on the works of Jan Kochanowski he shows a concept of metaphorical speech which makes it possible to experience things and the being in their transcendence. The author suggests a reflection on the revealing properties of metaphorical discourse with its accompanying experiences of an esthetic, metaphysical and religious nature. He shows the relationship between metaphorical speech, its unnamed and undefined aspects and the experience of transcendence. This kind of literary interpretation reveals the transcendent horizon of metaphorical speech in the speech which establishes a direct contact with infinity.