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Hardy, Thomas: Ugyanaz a dal (The Selfsame Song in Hungarian)

Portre of Hardy, Thomas

The Selfsame Song (English)

A bird sings the selfsame song,

With never a fault in its flow,

That we listened to here those long

Long years ago.

 

A pleasing marvel is how

A strain of such rapturous rote

Should have gone on thus till now

unchanged in a note!

 

--But its not the selfsame bird.--

No: perished to dust is he...

As also are those who heard

That song with me.



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Ugyanaz a dal (Hungarian)

Egy madár ugyanazt dalolja,

egyetlen hiba nélkül, amit

– hány év telt el azóta!

hallgattunk ugyanitt.

 

Kedves csoda ez a zengzet,

a mámorban a megszokás,

hogy ennyi idő letelhet,

s egy hangja se más!

 

– De ez a madár az nem lehet. –

Nem: az porrá vált tetem…

Mint akik azt az éneket

hallgatták velem.



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