Nemzeti dal
TheNemzeti dal("National Song") is a Hungarian patriotic poem written bySándor Petőfithat is said to have inspired theHungarian Revolution of 1848[citation needed].Petőfi read the poem aloud on March 15 on the steps of theHungarian National Museumin Budapest to a gathering crowd, who by the end were chanting the refrain as they began to march around the city, seizing the presses, liberating political prisoners, and declaring the end of Austrian rule.
Hungarians celebrate the anniversary of the revolution on March 15. Red-white-green ribbons are worn to commemorate the fallen revolutionaries and the ideal of the revolution. Hungary briefly achieved independence from 1848–1849, but was defeated by the combined forces of the Habsburgs and the Russian Empire. Despite its ultimate defeat, the revolution initiated a chain of events that led to theautonomy of Hungarywithin the newAustro-Hungarian Empirein 1867.
The poem has come to rank third after theHimnuszandSzózatas a statement of Hungarian national identity.
The translation below of the "National Poem" is literal, attempting to convey the precise meaning of the original text.[1]
Nemzeti dal |
The National Poem |
| —PETŐFI SÁNDOR(1848) | —Translated by KŐRÖSSY LÁSZLÓ (2004)[2] |
References
[edit]- ^There is a rhyming translation byGeorge Szirtes:here:Retrieved 10 March 2011.
- ^Nemzeti Dal,Kőrössy.org
- ^The translation ofmagyarhere,Magyar,is exactly equivalent to singularHungarian
- ^Original "On" (and in all subsequent verses)
