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Smith, Stevie: One of Many

Portre of Smith, Stevie

One of Many (English)

You are only one of many
And of small account if any,
You think about yourself too much.
This touched the child with a quick touch
And worked his mind to such a pitch
He threw his fellows in a ditch.
This little child
That was so mild
Is grown too wild.
 
Murder in the first degree, cried Old Fury,
Recording the verdict of the jury.
 
Now they come to the execution tree.
The gallows stand wide. Ah me, ah me.
 
Christ died for sinners, intoned the Prison Chaplain from his miscellany.
Weeping bitterly the little child cries: I die one of many.



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Egy a sok közül (Hungarian)

 „Te csak egy vagy a sok közül.
Nem számítasz, bárhogy gözülsz,
nem figyel rád a külvilág.”
A tőr elevenébe vág
s mert a gyermek sebezhető,
társát árokba lökte ő.
E szende kis
fiúcska is
milyen hamis.
 
„Szándékos emberölés” - süvölt a Törvény
az esküdtszék ítéletének örvén.
 
S most elkövetkezik az akasztófa.
Ó, jaj. Nézzetek a tárt karú bitóra.
 
„Krisztus meghalt a bűnösökért” - a lelkész hangja felröpül.
A gyermek felsír. „Én meghalok, és egy vagyok a sok közül.”



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Source of the quotationG. Á.

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