Kányádi Sándor: Longing (Vágy in English)

Vágy (Hungarian)

az esti folyó illatát
aratás idején
a küküllő esti illatát
aratás idején

s egy marék vizet
hogy arcom visszamosdjam

1974

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Longing (English)

the evening river’s scent
at times of harvest
küküllő’s* evening scent
at times of harvest

and a handful water
to wash my face back

1974

*Küküllő (Romanian: Râul Târnava), river in Transylvania, the melodious Hungarian name is of Turkic origin meaning ’sloe’, the Romanian name is of Slavic origin meaning ’thorn’

N. Ullrich Katalin

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Source of the quotation	N. U. K.