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“Sorrow” by
Sándor Petőfi
🇭🇺
(
1 Jan 1823
–
31 Jul 1849
)
Translated from the Hungarian by W. H. Auden
Sorrow? A great ocean.
Joy?
A little pearl in the ocean. Perhaps,
By the time I fish it up, I may break it.