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Füredi Festal Song
Translated by John Bowring (1830) · From Poetry of the Magyars (1830)
Monk, avaunt! no cloister's this,
Here no cloister's rules;
Doctor, off! for here is bliss,
Take your pills to fools:
Wine alone, and joyous cheer—
Joyous cheer and wine are here!
Life we know is swift and vain,
On its wings we ride;
With its pleasure, not its pain,
Would we be supplied:
Wine alone and joyous cheer—
Joyous cheer and wine are here!
If the Mantis flap his wing,
'Tis but a command
Friendship's cheerful glass to bring
With a steadier hand:
Wine alone and joyous cheer—
Joyous cheer and wine are here.
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MLA
Anonymous Hungarian Popular Songs. “Füredi Festal Song.” Translated by John Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-hungarian/4/.
Chicago
Anonymous Hungarian Popular Songs. “Füredi Festal Song.” Translated by John Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-hungarian/4/.
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