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Poe, Edgar Allan: Anyámhoz (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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Anyámhoz (Hungarian)

Érezve, tudva, hogy a magas égnek
    Egymás közt suttogó sok angyala
Olyan szót, melyben több szeretet éghet,
    Mint ebben, hogy "Anyám", nem lel soha,
Ezért téged, ki több vagy, mint anyám
    Régóta hívlak már e drága néven,
Betöltesz - így rendelte a halál,
    Virgíniám lelkét szabaddá téve.
Szülőanyám, kit régen elvesztettem,
    Csupán az én anyám volt, te viszont
Annak vagy anyja, kit forrón szerettem,
    S drágább vagy nékem, mint anyám ki volt -
A nőmhöz fűző végtelen sokért,
    Ki lelkemnek a létnél többet ért.



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