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Wilde, Oscar: Theokritosz (Villanella) (Theocritus – A villanelle in Hungarian)

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Theocritus – A villanelle (English)

O singer of Persephone!
In the dim meadows desolate
Dost thou remember Sicily?

Still through the ivy flits the bee
Where Amaryllis lies in state;
O Singer of Persephone!

Simaetha calls on Hecate
And hears the wild dogs at the gate;
Dost thou remember Sicily?

Still by the light and laughing sea
Poor Polypheme bemoans his fate;
O Singer of Persephone!

And still in boyish rivalry
Young Daphnis challenges his mate;
Dost thou remember Sicily?

Slim Lacon keeps a goat for thee,
For thee the jocund shepherds wait;
O Singer of Persephone!
Dost thou remember Sicily?



Uploaded byRácsai Róbert
PublisherWordsworth Poetry Library
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Bookpage (from–to)71-72
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Theokritosz (Villanella) (Hungarian)

Oh, Persephoné dalosa!
Üres, komor réteken át
Eszedbe jut Szicília?

Repkény közt a méh száll dongva,
S őrzi Amarillisz álmát;
Oh, Persephoné dalosa!

Hecatét hívja Simætha,
Hol ugatnak a vadkutyák;
Eszedbe jut Szicília?

Hol fény és tenger kacagása
Szól, Polyphém siratja sorsát;
Oh, Persephoné dalosa!

S hol hallik a fiúk harca,
Ifjú Daphnék párjuk hívják;
Oh, Persephoné dalosa!

Lakón a kecskéjét adja,
Vidám pásztorok várnak rád;
Oh, Persephoné dalosa!
Eszedbe jut Szicília?



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