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  What it means

  Man shoots, but the wind carries the bullets — a secular variant stressing that chance and nature, not God, deflect human plans.

  English equivalent

  The best-laid plans go awry.

  Vocabulary

  • strzelać — to shoot
  • kula — bullet
  • wiatr — wind
  • nosić — to carry

  Grammar note

  Structurally identical to the 'Pan Bóg' variant; only the agent changes.

  Cultural context

  Secular variant replacing God with wind, emphasising unpredictable natural forces.

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