Nature
Körösian Waters
Translated by John Bowring (1830) · From Poetry of the Magyars (1830)
Nature
Where are waters bright and clear
As Körösian waters are?
Fairest fish have here their home,
Here the sweetest maidens come;
Where are waters half so fair?
Where? where? where?
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Anonymous Hungarian Popular Songs. “Körösian Waters.” Translated by John Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-hungarian/30/.
Chicago
Anonymous Hungarian Popular Songs. “Körösian Waters.” Translated by John Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-hungarian/30/.
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