Light Within the Shade
Eight Hundred Years of Hungarian Poetry
Edited and Translated by Zsuzsanna Ozsvath and Frederick Turner
Publication Year: 2014
The pure verbal energy characterizing Hungarian poetry may be regarded
as one of the most striking components of Hungarian culture. More than
800 years ago, under the inspiration of classical and medieval Latin poetry,
Hungarian poets began to craft a rich chain of poetic designs, much
of it in response to the country’s cataclysmic history. With precision, depth,
and great intensity, these verses give accounts of their authors’ vision of
themselves as participants in history and their most personal experience in
the world. Light within the Shade includes 135 of the most important Hungarian
poems ranging from the fourteenth to the twenty-first century. Organized
in chronological order, the poems are followed by an essay by Ozsváth
providing the historical, biographical, and cultural background of the poets
and the poetry. The book concludes with Turner’s essay on the special
thematic and literary qualities of Hungarian poetry, as well as notes on
translation practices. This essential volume exposes English-speaking readers
to Hungarian poetry’s artistic achievement in history and culture, its
evolutionary development as a tradition, and its significance within the
context of world literature.
Published by: Syracuse University Press
Title Page, Copyright, Dedication, About the Author
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pp. i-vi
“Spring Wind Makes the Waters Rise”;
Anonymous
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pp. 2-3
On Finding Julia, He Greeted Her Thus:
Bálint Balassi (1554–1594)
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pp. 9-9
A Soldier’s Song
Bálint Balassi (1554–1594)
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pp. 10-11
He Supplicates the Lord to Protect Him in His Exileand Extend to Him His Further Blessings
Bálint Balassi (1554–1594)
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pp. 12-13
Bitter, As I Know Too Well . . .
Kata Szidónia Petrőczy (1662–1708)
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pp. 14-14
A Restrained Plea
Vitéz Mihály Csokonai (1773–1805)
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pp. 15-15
The Vow
Vitéz Mihály Csokonai (1773–1805)
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pp. 16-16
To Hope
Vitéz Mihály Csokonai (1773–1805)
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pp. 17-18
The Black Wax Seal
Vitéz Mihály Csokonai (1773–1805)
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pp. 19-20
Winter Is Coming
Dániel Berzsenyi (1776–1836)
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pp. 21-21
Supplication
Dániel Berzsenyi (1776–1836)
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pp. 22-22
Declaration
Mihály Vörösmarty (1800–1855)
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pp. 26-27
Night and Star
Mihály Vörösmarty (1800–1855)
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pp. 28-29
Mankind
Mihály Vörösmarty (1800–1855)
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pp. 30-31
The Mother of Matthias
János Arany (1817–1882)
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pp. 32-35
The Bards of Wales
János Arany (1817–1882)
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pp. 40-44
The Ordeal of the Bier
János Arany (1817–1882)
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pp. 45-47
My Complaints . . .
János Arany (1817–1882)
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pp. 52-52
I Would Be a Tree . . .
Sándor Petőfi (1823–1849)
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pp. 55-55
One Thought Troubles Me
Sándor Petőfi (1823–1849)
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pp. 56-57
September Ending
Sándor Petőfi (1823–1849)
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pp. 60-60
Song of the Nation
Sándor Petőfi (1823–1849)
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pp. 61-62
Monstrous Days
Sándor Petőfi (1823–1849)
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pp. 63-64
Twenty Years Later
János Vajda (1827–1897)
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pp. 65-65
Against the Tide*
József Kiss (1843–1921)
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pp. 66-67
Oh Why So Late
József Kiss (1843–1921)
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pp. 68-68
Among My Songs
Jenő Heltai (1871–1957)
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pp. 69-69
“I Am the Son of Gog and Magog . . .”
Endre Ady (1877–1919)
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pp. 70-70
Hawk-Mating on the Forest Floor
Endre Ady (1877–1919)
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pp. 71-71
The Poet of the Eastern Plains
Endre Ady (1877–1919)
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pp. 72-72
On New Waters I Walk
Endre Ady (1877–1919)
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pp. 73-73
Autumn Came to Paris
Endre Ady (1877–1919)
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pp. 74-74
Legend of Saint Margaret
Endre Ady (1877–1919)
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pp. 75-75
Confessions of the Danube
Endre Ady (1877–1919)
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pp. 76-77
From the Stream to the Ocean
Endre Ady (1877–1919)
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pp. 78-78
And I Am Not a Hungarian?
Endre Ady (1877–1919)
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pp. 79-79
The Voiceless Birds
Endre Ady (1877–1919)
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pp. 80-80
On Elijah’s Wain
Endre Ady (1877–1919)
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pp. 81-81
Thank You, Thank You, Thank You
Endre Ady (1877–1919)
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pp. 82-82
The Abandoned Pirate Ships
Endre Ady (1877–1919)
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pp. 83-84
I Guard Your Eyes
Endre Ady (1877–1919)
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pp. 85-85
Memory of a Summer Night
Endre Ady (1877–1919)
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pp. 86-87
Behold, Love, These My Treasures
Endre Ady (1877–1919)
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pp. 88-88
Pagan Prayer
Margit Kaffka (1880–1918)
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pp. 89-89
Little Peter Walks
Margit Kaffka (1880–1918)
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pp. 90-91
To Appear Before You
Margit Kaffka (1880–1918)
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pp. 92-92
Profane Litany
Gyula Juhász (1883–1937)
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pp. 94-94
Evening Questioning
Mihály Babits (1883–1941)
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pp. 95-96
Ode on Beauty
Mihály Babits (1883–1941)
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pp. 97-98
Evening Arrival
Mihály Babits (1883–1941)
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pp. 100-101
Between Fall and Spring
Mihály Babits (1883–1941)
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pp. 102-103
Saint Blaise-ing*
Mihály Babits (1883–1941)
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pp. 104-105
The Prayer of Jonah
Mihály Babits (1883–1941)
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pp. 106-106
Autumn Breakfast
Dezső Kosztolányi (1885–1936)
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pp. 107-107
Ilona
Dezső Kosztolányi (1885–1936)
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pp. 108-111
Funeral Eulogy
Dezső Kosztolányi (1885–1936)
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pp. 112-113
Dawn Drunkenness
Dezső Kosztolányi (1885–1936)
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pp. 114-118
Evening Song
Árpád Tóth (1886–1928)
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pp. 119-119
Evening Gloriole
Árpád Tóth (1886–1928)
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pp. 120-120
Foreword
Frigyes Karinthy (1887–1938)
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pp. 121-123
Dandelion
Frigyes Karinthy (1887–1938)
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pp. 124-125
On the Fields of July
Lajos Kassák (1887–1967)
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pp. 128-129
Self-Portrait
Milán Füst (1888–1967)
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pp. 130-130
They Say, How Beautiful
Lőrinc Szabó (1900–1957)
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pp. 133-133
I Adore You
Lőrinc Szabó (1900–1957)
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pp. 134-134
Everything for Nothing
Lőrinc Szabó (1900–1957)
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pp. 135-136
Dream of the One
Lőrinc Szabó (1900–1957)
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pp. 137-138
One Sentence on Tyranny
Gyula Illyés (1902–1983)
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pp. 142-148
Night in the Outskirts
Attila József (1905–1937)
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pp. 152-154
The Last of Seven
Attila József (1905–1937)
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pp. 155-156
Shma Yisroel
Attila József (1905–1937)
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pp. 162-162
Late Lament
Attila József (1905–1937)
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pp. 163-164
Welcome for Thomas Mann
Attila József (1905–1937)
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pp. 165-166
For My Birthday
Attila József (1905–1937)
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pp. 167-168
(Who Would This Poem . . . )
Attila József (1905–1937)
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pp. 169-169
(No Flowers, but a Spike . . . )
Attila József (1905–1937)
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pp. 170-170
(And So I’ve Found My Native Country . . . )
Attila József (1905–1937)
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pp. 171-171
Psalms of Devotion
Miklós Radnóti (1909–1944)
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pp. 172-175
Canticle
Miklós Radnóti (1909–1944)
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pp. 176-177
Just Walk On, Condemned to Die
Miklós Radnóti (1909–1944)
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pp. 178-178
Twenty-nine Years
Miklós Radnóti (1909–1944)
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pp. 179-180
Foamy Sky
Miklós Radnóti (1909–1944)
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pp. 181-181
Calendar
Miklós Radnóti (1909–1944)
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pp. 182-185
Winter Sun
Miklós Radnóti (1909–1944)
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pp. 186-186
The Fifth Eclogue (fragment)
Miklós Radnóti (1909–1944)
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pp. 189-189
À la Recherche . . . *
Miklós Radnóti (1909–1944)
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pp. 190-191
Razglednicas*
Miklós Radnóti (1909–1944)
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pp. 192-193
Ode to the Mind
István Vas (1910–1991)
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pp. 194-195
The Translator’s Thanks
István Vas (1910–1991)
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pp. 196-197
Conquer Me
János Pilinszky (1921–1981)
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pp. 198-198
On the Third Day
János Pilinszky (1921–1981)
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pp. 199-199
On a Forbidden Planet
János Pilinszky (1921–1981)
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pp. 200-200
Thirst
Ágnes Nemes Nagy (1922–1991)
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pp. 201-201
To Freedom
Ágnes Nemes Nagy (1922–1991)
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pp. 202-203
From the Cycle of Mourning
Zsuzsa Beney (1930–2006)
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pp. 204-204
From the Cycle “It Twinkles but Disappears”
Zsuzsa Beney (1930–2006)
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pp. 205-205
You Are a Sign on My Doorpost
Ágnes Gergely (1933–)
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pp. 206-207
Isabel and Ferdinand
Ágnes Gergely (1933–)
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pp. 208-209
What Is in Schubert’s Song?
Otto Orbán (1936–2002) 212
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pp. 212-212
In Which He Supplicates in the Mode of Balassi
Otto Orbán (1936–2002) 212
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pp. 213-214
Poem by an Anonymous European Poet, 1955
György Petri (1943–2000)
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pp. 215-216
Will You Appear?
Szabolcs Várady (1943–)
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pp. 220-221
Remembering Our Song
Szabolcs Várady (1943–)
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pp. 222-222
The Power of Poetry in theHungarian Literary Tradition
Zsuzsanna Ozsváth
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pp. 229-251
The “Thou” of Hungarian Poetry
Frederick Turner
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pp. 252-272
E-ISBN-13: 9780815652748
E-ISBN-10: 0815652747
Print-ISBN-13: 9780815633624
Print-ISBN-10: 0815633629
Page Count: 248
Publication Year: 2014
OCLC Number: 883388721
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Light Within the Shade