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Poe, Edgar Allan: A tó.-hoz (The Lake in Hungarian)

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The Lake (English)

In spring of youth it was my lot
To haunt of the wide world a spot
The which I could not love the less-
So lovely was the loneliness
Of a wild lake, with black rock bound,
And the tall pines that towered around.

But when the Night had thrown her pall
Upon that spot, as upon all,
And the mystic wind went by
Murmuring in melody-
Then-ah then I would awake
To the terror of the lone lake.

Yet that terror was not fright,
But a tremulous delight-
A feeling not the jewelled mine
Could teach or bribe me to define-
Nor Love-although the Love were thine.

Death was in that poisonous wave,
And in its gulf a fitting grave
For him who thence could solace bring
To his lone imagining-
Whose solitary soul could make
An Eden of that dim lake.



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A tó.-hoz (Hungarian)

Ifjúkoromnak reggelén
Olyan helyet kerestem én,
Amely nekem való tanyám -
Úgy csábított a szép magány,
Egy vad tó, zordon szirttetők
És tornyosuló nagy fenyők.

De ha e tájon s mindenen
Az éjszaka mint bő köpeny
Terült szét s rejtelmes szele
Repült s fojtott dallam vele -
Felriadtam volna, ó,
Akkor, hogy félős e tó.

Ám a félés nem gyötört,
Sőt borzongató gyönyört
Keltett, amelynek tárgya nincs -
Nem magyarázza semmi kincs
Vagy kéj - bár forrón rám tekints.

E mérgezett habban halált,
Ez örvényben tárt sírt talált,
Kinek a különc képzelet
Ott vigaszt meríthetett:
Társtalan szív ily tavat
Édenkertté avat.



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