Fraternity-Testvériség, 1963 (40. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

1963-06-01 / 6. szám

FRATERNITY

7

THE COMING OF THE LORD

By ENDRE ADY

When it was over,

When there remained nothing save a shattered soul, Suddenly in the still, I knew,

God came. And I was whole.

There was no fanfare,

Yet His presence was a warm and true embrace. Not in blaze of day had He come,

But in dark and disgrace.

Now that vain glory

Has left me sightless. And precious youth is dead. That glimpse of His light and glory I shall never forget.

Hammond, Ind. — 1963

Translated by

ARPAD BERETZ

MIRACLE

An echoing stillness shares my heart With joy that sorrow sets apart, And from this sacred memory I’m taught of pain’s sad melody.

Strangely does this hollow show That happiness must also grow From a silent song, however free,

To a rich, exultant rhapsody!

March 8, 1961

EMŐKE PETRY