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by Sándor Petőfi (1823 - 1849)

Világtörténet! mily csodálatos könyv!
Language: Hungarian (Magyar) 
Világtörténet! mily csodálatos könyv!
Mindenki mást olvas belőle.
Egyiknek üdv, másiknak kárhozat,
Egyiknek élet, másiknak halál.
Egyikhez így szól s kardot ad kezébe:
"Eredj és küzdj! nem küzdesz hasztalan,
Az emberiségen segítve lesz."
Másikhoz így szól: "tedd le kardodat,
Hiába küzdenél,
Mindig boldogtalan lesz a világ,
Mint ezredévek óta az."

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Text Authorship:

  • by Sándor Petőfi (1823 - 1849), no title, appears in Az apostol, excerpted from number 11 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

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  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Karl Maria Kertbeny (1824 - 1882) , no title, written 1846, appears in Dichtungen von Alexander Petőfi, in Sternenlose Nächte, no. 23, first published 1858 ; composed by Adalbert von Goldschmidt.
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2012-03-01
Line count: 11
Word count: 50

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