Living
The Csutora Song
Translated by John Bowring (1830) · From Poetry of the Magyars (1830)
A, A, A life to the gay Csutora:
A greater joy than to revel o'er a
Flowing cup can the heart desire?
A, A, A life to the gay Chutora.
E, E, Excellent is the embrace
Of a friendly hand and a friendly face;
Pour the cup, and fill it higher:
E, E, Excellent love's embrace!
I, I, I'll embrace it, nor i-
Dly from its dewy lip-press fly;
Deeply drink, and lift it high;
I, I, I'll embrace it—I!
O, O, O! it sparkles so,
Joy, love, beauty overflow;
Envy shall pass us sighing by;
O, O, O! it sparkles so!
U, U, Union and joy the fu-
Ture days shall brighten of me and you,
Sorrow shall fling its burdens down;
U, U, Union for me and U.
Y, Y, Youth flits speedily by,
Rapture is here with her lightning eye;
Sorrow, begone with thy funeral frown—
Y, Y, Youth flits speedily by.
A, E, I, O, U, Y, should we throw
A cloud of darkness o'er pleasure's brow?
A, E, I, O, U, Y,
Y should we darken pleasure, Y?
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Anonymous Hungarian Popular Songs. “The Csutora Song.” Translated by John Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-hungarian/55/.
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Anonymous Hungarian Popular Songs. “The Csutora Song.” Translated by John Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-hungarian/55/.
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