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“A Plan Gone up in Smoke” by Sándor Petőfi 🇭🇺 (1 Jan 182331 Jul 1849)
Translated from the Hungarian
All the way home there was one thing
I was pondering:
The first thing to tell my mother
Upon my homecoming.
What shall I say to her that is
Nice, warm and has grace?
While the arms that rocked my cradle
She lifts for embrace.
Endless row of delicious thoughts
Pile up in my head,
Time is at a standstill
While the carriage speeds ahead.
I step into the small room,
My mother flies to me …
And I cling to her lips … speechless …
Like fruits on a tree.