New Year's Eve in Budapest

[wiseheart]

And a quote from the poem they were reciting in TV at midnight - for me the most beautiful patriotic poems ever:

Lines from "I cannot know"

... For we are guilty too, as other peoples are,
knowing full-well when and how and why we've sinned so far,
but workers live here too, and poets, without sin
and tiny babies in whom intellect will flourish;
it shines in them and they guard it, hiding in dark cellars
until the finger of peace once again marks our nation,
and with fresh voices they will answer our muffled words.

Cover us with your big wings, vigil-keeping evening cloud.

--from Nem tudhatom, translated by Gina Gönczi

Comments

[edge-of-ruin.livejournal.com]

Happy New Year to you and your family! All the best for 2007!

[lhun-dweller.livejournal.com]

That *is* a lovely piece. Thanks for sharing it!