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  What it means

  Literally “let the soul run free.” Means let loose, go wild, throw caution to the wind — an expression of carefree abandon, often used when deciding to enjoy yourself without restraint.

  Vocabulary

  • hulać — to revel / to run wild / to carouse
  • dusza — soul

  Grammar note

  'Hulaj' is the imperative of 'hulać'. The full phrase is often 'hulaj dusza, piekła nie ma' (let the soul run free, there's no hell) — expressing reckless abandon.

  Cultural context

  A phrase with a distinctly Polish flavour of fatalistic joy. The full version implies living for the moment because consequences don't matter.

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