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Lajos Kelemen was an upright and honest man throughout his life. He arrived in this world in June, thereby sparing his mother the ever-present concern whether or not he would catch a cold while being…
Contributor:
Erno Ballagi, Jeno Nádor
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Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary (Budapest, Hungary)
Date:
1921
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Just walk on, condemned to die!
in woods where winds and catscreams wail,
sentence in darkened lines
shall fall upon the pines;
hunchbacked with fear the road turns pale.
Just shrivel up, you…
Contributor:
Miklós Radnóti
Places:
Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary (Budapest, Hungary)
Date:
1936
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You’re so brave, you camp-followers of Cain—
after Baudelaire, yet! Shit-shoveling first father,
your visa was validated
when that cretinous cudgel whammed the wandering
flock’s shepherd, that day…
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István Vas
Places:
Budapest, Hungary
Date:
1983
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One of them sits by the rivers of the East
And her eye reflects the innocent God of peace;
And the other sits by the rivers of the West
And dreams a dream.
And in the evenings of good will if thou…
Contributor:
Avigdor Hameiri
Places:
Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Budapest, Hungary)
Date:
1912
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Saturday is the worst of the week. Whenever I touch anything on this day, straightway there comes a voice: Don’t do that, today it’s a sin.
“Sin?” I ask.
Says Mother: “Sin is that for which the Good…
Contributor:
Károly Pap
Places:
Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary (Budapest, Hungary)
Date:
1937
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“Shalom and good morning everyone, allow me to extend a warm and of course respectful welcome to you, our honored guests, on behalf of Viva Travel, on this Down Memory Lane package tour, including a…
Contributor:
Gábor T. Szántó
Places:
Budapest, Hungary
Date:
2004
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I lived, but as for living I was shiftless in my life,
knew always I’d be buried here when all was done,
that year layers itself upon year, clod on clod, stone on stone,
that in the chill and wormy…
Contributor:
Miklós Radnóti
Places:
Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary (Budapest, Hungary)
Date:
1937
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Going home on airless Elbow Street,
at three o’clock in the morning.
Lead me toward goodness, my God!
Peace-flowers bloom in these gray stones
and this dawn sky is peace.
Do You love me still, my…
Contributor:
Zoltán Somlyó
Places:
Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Budapest, Hungary)
Date:
1911
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My red blood is dripping, slowly flowing,
My panting heart slowly calms down in peace,
I lie here peacefully on a narrow stretcher,
And my hazy eyes gaze into the distance.
My red blood is dripping…
Contributor:
Avigdor Hameiri
Places:
Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Budapest, Hungary)
Date:
1915
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The grund . . . You handsome and robust country lads of the wide-open spaces, who need only step outside your doors to be close to limitless meadows, under a marvelous vast canopy of blue; you whose…
Contributor:
Ferenc Molnár
Date:
1906