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Smith, William Jay: The Peacock of Java

Portre of Smith, William Jay

The Peacock of Java (English)

I thought of the mariners of Solomon,

Who, on one of their long voyages, came

On that rare bird, the Peacock

Of Java, which brings, even

To the tree of heaven, heaven.

 

How struggling upward through the dark

Lianas, they beheld the tree,

And int he tree, the fan

That would become a king’s embroidery.

 

How they turned and on the quiet

Water then set sail

For home, the peacock’s tail

Committed to the legends of the sea.



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A jávai páva (Hungarian)

Salamon hajósaira

Gondoltam, amikor meglátták

Először azt a csodamadarat,

A jávai pávát:

Mennyet kapott ő is, a mennyei fa.

 

Hogyan is nézték azt a fát, a homályos

Indák közt égre törőt

És hogyan azt a királyi palásthoz

Illő díszlegyezőt.

 

Hazamenet a hallgatag

Vizen hogyan haladtak

Odahagyva a pávafarkat

A tenger legendáinak –



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