Elmënyëk, elmënyëk
Language: Hungarian (Magyar)
Available translation(s): ENG
Elmegyek, elmegyek
Hosszú útra megyek,
Hosszú út porából
Köpönyeget veszek.
Búval és bánattal
Kizsinóroztatom,
Sűrű könnyeimmel
Kigomboztattatom.
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- ENG English (Béla Pavelka) , "I leave, I leave", copyright © 2003, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Line count: 8
Word count: 17
I leave, I leave
Language: English  after the Hungarian (Magyar)
I leave, I leave
I leave for a long journey.
The dust of travel
covers me like a coat;
Sorrow and heartache
will be its laces,
and my dense tears
will be its buttons.
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- Translation from Hungarian (Magyar) to English copyright © 2003 by Béla Pavelka, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 35