Fraternity-Testvériség, 1956 (34. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1956-11-01 / 11. szám
10 FRATERNITY A time must come, a better time, A brighter, fairer day For which the Most Divine A nation’s million pray. Or it will come, if come it must, The noble day of doom, When dying for the sacred trust, A nation fills a tomb. The grave in which a nation dies, All mankind will revere, And millions then of weeping eyes Will shed a mourning tear. True to thy land with steadfast faith Ever then, Magyar, be! It gave thee life, and in thy death Its earth will cover thee. Although the world is very wide, This is thy home for aye; Come weal or woe on fortune’s tide, Here thou must live and die. * ** * This poem was taken from the recently published anthology written by Egon Kunz under the title, “Hungarian Poetry”. This valuable book may be ordered from Julia Kemeny, 1736 East 22nd Street, Cleveland 14, Ohio. ** Michael Vörösmarty (1800-1855) was one of the greatest Hungarian poets, remarkable for his strength and vivid imagination. He achieved fame with his “Flight of Zalan”, an epic of the Hungarian conquest. He was a leading contributor to the “Aurora”, the organ of Hungarian romanticism. He wrote many critical studies, chiefly relating to drama. Although he devoted years to the writing of dramas and epics, he was essentially a lyric poet. His Appeal — so painfully actual nowadays — sung to the music of Benjamin Egressy, became a cherished national song.
