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Petőcz András: The past returns (Visszatér a múlt in English)

Portre of Petőcz András

Visszatér a múlt (Hungarian)

Valahonnan mélyről jön fel a múlt,
a múlt, ami voltam.
Jön felém, és én
itt fekszem, holtan.
 
Valahonnan távolról üzennek ők,
ők, akik nincsenek már.
Integetnek, és kiabálnak,
de megkötöz a halál.
 
Ki voltam, és mivé lettem?
Egyetlen perc az egész –
Valami elsuhant felettem.
 
Döbbenten nézem, hogy közelednek,
mindazok, akik én voltam itt.
S látom, hogy a testem egyre csak lapít.



Uploaded byN.Ullrich Katalin
Source of the quotationwww.irodalmijelen.hu

The past returns (English)

The past is rising from somewhere in the deep,
that past which I used to be.
I died and here I’m lying,
whilst it's approaching me.
 
They're sending word from some remote place,
they, who had drawn their final breath.
They wave and shout at me, whilst
I lie here, trussed by death.
 
Just who am I, and who the ones I’d been?
Merely a moment elapsed -
then something had swished through the sheen.
 
I'm stunned as I watch them approaching,
all those who were me once, and hence,
I see that my body’s demise is pretence.



Uploaded byLeslie A. Kery
Source of the quotationKery, Leslie A.

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