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Wheeler Wilcox, Ella: Magány (Solitude in Hungarian)

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Solitude (English)


Laugh, and the world laughs with you;
Weep, and you weep alone.
For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth,
But has trouble enough of its own.
Sing, and the hills will answer;
Sigh, it is lost on the air.
The echoes bound to a joyful sound,
But shrink from voicing care.

Rejoice, and men will seek you;
Grieve, and they turn and go.
They want full measure of all your pleasure,
But they do not need your woe.
Be glad, and your friends are many;
Be sad, and you lose them all.
There are none to decline your nectared wine,
But alone you must drink life's gall.

Feast, and your halls are crowded;
Fast, and the world goes by.
Succeed and give, and it helps you live,
But no man can help you die.
There is room in the halls of pleasure
For a long and lordly train,
But one by one we must all file on
Through the narrow aisles of pain.



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Magány (Hungarian)

Nevess és világ veled nevet;
sírj és egyedül sírsz majd.
Bús vén világ kéjt kölcsönözne,
de csak zúdítja a bajt.
Dalolj s bércek válaszolnak;
szellőbe vész egy sóhaj.
Ekhók vidám hanghoz szökellnek,
fogynak, ha nem szól óhaj.

Örvendj, sokan keresnek téged;
gyászban társtalan maradsz.
Mámorban osztoznának véled,
bajban sikert nem aratsz.
Örülj és barátod lesz elég;
búsulj és mind elveszted.
Nektáros hegyleved kedvelék,
de a kínt te vedeled.

Ünnepkor termeid megtelnek;
böjtöd senkit nem hevít.
Siker, adomány éltet téged,
távozni egy sem segít.
Kéj termeiben elég a hely,
nyúlt, hiú vonatoknak módján
egyesével kell majd átjutnunk
kín keskeny folyosóján.



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