Bereczky Erzsébet (szerk.): Imre Madách: The Tragedy of Man. Essays about the ideas and the directing of the Drama (Budapest, 1985)

Imre Madách: The Tragedy of Man - full text of the drama - Translated by Joseph Grosz

Now leave alone this silly subtlety!

So many colors cover everything That anyone who sees and studies all Will know far less than he has known before, And he can never make a wise decision... Reasoning is the death of every action.

EVE

So I will pick some of the fruit for us!

ADAM

The Lord has cursed it.

(Lucifer laughs.)

Pick one, go ahead,

Then come what may, it matters not! At least Let us be knowers like our God.

(After Eve, Adam tastes the Apple of Knowledge.)

EVE

And be

Forever young!

LUCIFER

Here is the other tree! This is the Tree of Immortality —

Well, hurry—hurry now!

(He draws them toward the other tree. A Cherub with a flaming sword bars their way.)

THE CHERUB

Sinners, away!

THE VOICE OF THE LORD

Adam you left me! So I leave you too;

You must find out how much you are alone.

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