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Poe, Edgar Allan: Anyámnak (To My Mother in Hungarian)

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To My Mother (English)

Because I feel that, in the Heavens above,
The angels, whispering to one another,
Can find, among their burning terms of love,
None so devotional as that of "Mother,"
Therefore by that dear name I long have called you –
You who are more than mother unto me,
And fill my heart of hearts, where Death installed you
In setting my Virginia's spirit free.
My mother – my own mother, who died early,
Was but the mother of myself; but you
Are mother to the one I loved so dearly,
And thus are dearer than the mother I knew
By that infinity with which my wife
Was dearer to my soul than its soul-life.



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Anyámnak (Hungarian)

Az angyalok - úgy érzem - odafenn,
  Ha suttognak szerelmesen, puhán,
A lángoló igék közt sohasem
  Lelnek oly ájtatosat, mint "Anyám".
Ezért hívlak már rég e drága néven,
  Ki több vagy, mint anyám - szivem szivét
Töltöd be, a Halál adott cserében,
  Virginiám bús lelkét bontva szét.
Szülőanyám, ki rég alant pihen,
  Csak engemet szült, ám te Azt, kinek
Emléke drágább mindennél nekem.
  Ezért szeretlek jobban holt anyámnál
Oly végtelenül, mint hitvesemet
  Jobban szerette lelkem önmagánál.



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