This article presents the comparative analysis of “Ballad", written by Nobel prize winner W. Szymborska, and its translation created by A. Akhmatova. Special attention is paid to the comparison of the main levels of the poetical texts such as: system of images, spatial-temporal frame, lyrical action, conflict, the special features of poetics, melodics. The article demonstrates the similarities and differences between the original text and its translated version. Despite the common features, there are some differences what are explained by differences between lexical structures and syntax of Russian and Polish. There is the conclusion about the adequacy of translation and similarity of worldview (world conceptions) of these poetesses in the final of the article