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Foreword |
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(Dr. Árpád Göncz,
President of the Republic of Hungary) |
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Preface
to the Second Revised Edition |
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Introduction |
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The Legend
of the 'Miracle Stag' (Adam Makkai) |
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The Legend
of the "Miraculous Hind" - (Rege a csodaszarvasról
- Buda |
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halála) |
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(János Arany)-
(Watson Kirkconnell, Anton N. Nyerges and
Adam Makkai) |
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The Coming of Age of a National Anthology
of Poetry (Adam Makkai) |
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A Note on the
Hungarian Language (Adam Makkai and Earl M. Herrick) |
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Table of Contents |
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Index of Translators |
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I. FOLK POETRY |
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Folk Poetry |
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Shaman's Song - (Ahol keletkezik - Köszöntők) |
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(Adam Makkai) |
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Dear Child, My Darling Daughter - (Lányom, lányom,
gyöngyvirágom) |
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(A. Edkins) |
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Fishermen, Hey! - (Hej, halászok, halászok) |
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(Dermot Spence) |
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The King's Courtyard - (Felszántom a császár udvarát) |
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(Dermot Spence) |
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I Left My Home - (Elindultam szép hazámból) |
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(Dermot Spence) |
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The Fire Is Laid - (Megrakják a tüzet) |
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(Dermot Spence) |
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Blessed Pentecost - (Pünkösdölő) |
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(Dermot Spence) |
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The Wife of Master Mason Clement - (Kőmíves Kelemenné) |
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(Adam Makkai) |
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The Dead Brother - (A halott testvér) |
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(Adam Makkai) |
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Ilona Budai, The Cruel Mother - (Budai Ilona) |
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(Adam Makkai) |
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There Was a Prince - (Egyszer egy királyfi) |
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(Joseph Leftwich) |
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Katie Kádár - (Kádár Kata) |
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(Adam Makkai) |
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The Mallard Nests - (Káka tövén költ a ruca) |
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(Watson Kirkconnell) |
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By Three Kinds of Flowers I Am Challenged - (Virágok
vetélkedése) |
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(Adam Makkai) |
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Hey There, Peacock - (Császárné pávája) |
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(Dermot Spence) |
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I Chant of the "Miracle Stag" (Shamanistic
Version) - (Regélök, míg |
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élök) |
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(Adam Makkai) |
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I Chant of the "Miracle Stag" (Christian
Version) - (Márton szép Ilona) |
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(Adam Makkai) |
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Rare Is the Wheat-Field in Which There Is No Blemish
- (Szállj le kicsi |
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madár) |
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(Adam Makkai) |
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II. MEDIEVAL POETRY |
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Medieval Poetry |
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Funeral Oration - (Halotti beszéd) |
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(Alan Jenkins) |
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The Lament of Mary - (Ómagyar Mária-siralom) |
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(Non-rhyming version) |
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(Michael Beevor) |
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(Rhyming version 1) |
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(Adam Makkai) |
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(Rhyming version 2) |
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(Watson Kirkconnell) |
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(Middle English version) |
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(Thomas N. Hall) |
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The Lay of King Saint Ladislas - (Ének
Szent László királyról) |
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(Anthony Edkins) |
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The Betrothal of Saint Catherine -
(Szent Katalin eljegyzése) |
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(René Bonnerjea) |
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Lament for the Tartar Destruction -
(Siratóének Magyarországról, mikor |
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a tatárok pusztították) |
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(Watson Kirkconnell) |
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On the Death of King Matthias - (Emlékdal
Mátyás király halálára) |
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(Joseph Leftwich) |
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Janus Pannonius (1434-1472) |
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Biography |
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One for Pope Paul - (Pál pápáról -
De Paulo summo Pontifice) |
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(George Burrough and Adam Makkai) |
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A Difficult and Weighty Question -
(Súlyos és kellemetlen kérdés - |
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Quaestio ardua et difficilis) |
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(Adam Makkai) |
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About a Transdanubian Almond Tree
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amygdalo in Pannonia nata) |
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(Adam Makkai) |
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About the Shipwrecked Frandus - (A
hajótörött Frandushoz - De |
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Frando naufrago) |
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(Version 1) |
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(Iain MacLeod) |
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(Version in modern idiom) |
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(Iain MacLeod) |
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Farewell to Várad - (Búcsú Váradtól
- Abiens valere jubet sanctos |
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reges, Waradini) |
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(Adam Makkai) |
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To Mars, a Prayer for Peace - (Mars
istenhez békességért - Ad Martem, |
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precatio pro pace) |
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(Anthony A. Barrett) |
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On the Bird Which Still Flew Though
its Head Was Severed - (Egy ma- |
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dárról, mely fejét veszítve is rohant
még - De ave, quae, capite licet |
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abscisso, adhuc volabat) |
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(Anthony A. Barrett) |
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