This website is using cookies

We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue without changing your settings, we'll assume that you are happy to receive all cookies on this website. 

Ady Endre: Mért is tettem?

Portre of Ady Endre

Mért is tettem? (Hungarian)

Szent, borissza, korhely lázban

Hajnalokig elnótáztam.

Soha többet,

Kiröhögtek, megköpdöstek.

 

Pesti vásár, pesti korcsma,

Mintha egy rossz mese volna.

Mért is tettem?

Hisz én ide nem kellettem.

 

Büszke nóta, bátor nóta

Nem kellett itt soha óta.

Magyar csárda,

Itt mindig csak duda járta.

 

Pesti vásár, pesti korcsma,

Mintha egy rossz mese volna.

Mért is tettem?

Hisz én ide nem kellettem.



Uploaded byP. T.
Source of the quotationhttp://mek.niif.hu

Why did I? (English)

Many a night I've sung away

In my dissolute, drunken play.

But never more:

I have been despised and abhorred.

 

Budapest's hostelries and fairs

Seem to me nothing but nightmares.

What's the idea?

I had no business coming here.

 

Song of courage or song of pride

No one here has ever required.

Magyar tavern,

Only the droning bagpipe's sound.

 

Budapest's hostelries and fairs

Seem to me nothing but nightmares.

What's the idea?

I had no business coming here.



Uploaded byP. T.
Source of the quotationhttp://mek.niif.hu

minimap