Rongyi Rongybaba

Faith of the Nomad

I am a nomad,
Because, I pledge, the thoughts are free.
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The road became white from the moonlight

And fairy shapes surrounded us in the park
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Do you know what is to be in the hand of a Tyrant, in the system of oppression? Here is a poem from a poet who felt it on his own skin and tried to define.
Gyula Illyes: One sentence about oppression
(Egy mondat a zsarnoksagrol)
Translated by Rongybaba
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Fel nagy örömre! ma született,
Aki után a föld epedett.
Mária karján égi a fény,
Isteni Kisded Szûznek ölén.
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Hatikva, the national anthem of Israel was written by Naftali Herz Imber.
Kol od balevav p'nimah (The soul of a Jew yearns) ,
Nefesh Yehudi homiyah (And forward to the East)
Ulfa'atey mizrach kadimah (To Zion, an eye looks)
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Village symphony:
Quack, quack, quack
Here are comes the ducks.
How thirsty, how hungry
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Laszlo Nagy is one of the most respected and beloved poet of Hungary. Here is his new years wish.

A New Year Wish
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Lajos Aprily

She went to the garden
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Psalm 42 is one of the most favorite Biblical verse of all times. It is translated for many languages and have as many tunes too. Hungarians have a bouquet of Psalms, that they can sing in the tune for their beloved folk songs. The #42 is fits for the tune of the Tavaszi szel, The spring zephyrs. The tune can be known from the movie English Patient, it was the opening song. I translated the psalm back for English to fit the tune.

Psalms #42
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