Arany János - Győrei Zsolt (szerk.): The trill of the nightingale (Budapest, 2019)

III - „His voice, once fine and heady, still a grumble deep” - The Nightingale (Peter Zollman)

It’s good to know that such a case Is quite unheard of nowadays,

For close personal litigation Is truly junked And quite defunct,

Detested by the Magyar nation. Deals are made by word of honor, Legal jargon is a goner,

Sister, brother,

Love each other,

Be friend to friend Is now the trend.

And who would murder with a rifle, Or file a lawsuit for a trifle?

And if his case concerned a trill, Today ’s honest sollicito-o-or Would rather not discuss it, or... But someone always pays the bill!

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