Tuesday, April 01, 2014

Fa Lerszek (I'll Be a Tree)

April is Poetry Month and I'll be posting a poem a day throughout April! This one seemed fitting since I visited Hungary a couple days ago. Scroll down for the English translation. 

Fa Leszek (I'll Be a Tree)

by Sandor Petofi
Fa leszek, ha fának vagy virága.
Ha harmat vagy: én virág leszek.
Harmat leszek, ha te napsugár vagy...
Csak, hogy lényink egyesüljenek.

Ha, leányka, te vagy a mennyország:
Akkor én csillagá változom.
Ha, leányka, te vagy a pokol: (hogy
Egyesüljünk) én elkárhozom.

I'll Be a Tree

I'll be a tree, if you are its flower,
Or a flower, if you are the dew-
I'll be the dew, if you are the sunbeam,
Only to be united with you.

My lovely girl, if you are the Heaven,
I shall be a star above on high;
My darling, if you are hell-fire,
To unite us, damned I shall die. 

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