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by Sándor Petőfi (1823 - 1849)

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

A szerelem, a szerelem

Language: Hungarian (Magyar)

Our translations: ENG ENG

A szerelem, a szerelem,
A szerelem sötét verem;
Beleestem, benne vagyok,
Nem láthatok, nem hallhatok.

Őrizem az apám nyáját,
De nem hallom a kolompját;
Rá-rámegy a zöld vetésre,
Hej csak későn veszem észre.

Telerakta édesanyám
Eleséggel a tarisznyám;
Elvesztettem szerencsésen,
Lesz módom a böjtölésben.

Édesapám, édesanyám,
Ne bizzatok most semmit rám,
Nézzétek el, ha hibázok
Tudom is én, mit csinálok!

Text Authorship:

by Sándor Petőfi (1823 - 1849), "A szerelem, a szerelem", written 1843 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Also set in German (Deutsch), adapted by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875) , no title, appears in Polydora, ein weltpoetisches Liederbuch, in Völkerstimmen in bunter Reihe, in Magyarisch, no. 15 [an adaptation] ; composed by Johannes Brahms.

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ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Love, love", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Love, love", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Tamás Rédey

This text was added to the website: 2015-01-31
Line count: 16
Word count: 60

Love, love

Language: English after the Hungarian (Magyar)

Love, love,
love, o dark hole,
I have fallen in, I am well inside,
invisible, inaudible.

I watch my father's flock,
but I do not hear their bells,
They trample upon the green sowings,
Oh! only too late my mind takes heed.

My dear mother fills up to bursting
my rucksack with provisions;
Fortune saw that I lost them.
I am prepared to endure a fast.

My father, my mother,
Entrust me now with nothing,
turn away! If I make mistakes,
think not that I am unaware of them!

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a text in Hungarian (Magyar) by Sándor Petőfi (1823 - 1849), "A szerelem, a szerelem", written 1843
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This text was added to the website: 2019-10-19
Line count: 16
Word count: 89