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the bee-keeper

I have been a bee-keeper for six thousand years
And for the past hundred years an electrician.
Once I retire I shall keep bees again.
Something should hum for me, oh hum for me,
Hum and hum and hum
Just for me.

© Translation: 1999, George Gömöri

A méhész

A méhész

Hatezer évig voltam méhész,
száz éve vagyok villanyszerelö.
Ha nyugdíjba megyek, majd újra méhészkedem.
Valami zümmögjön nekem, zümögjön nekem,
zümögjön nekem, zümögjön nekem,
zümögjön nekem.

From: Valami a vérröl
Publisher: Palatinus,

István Kemény

István Kemény

(Hungary, 1961)

István Kemény entered university to study law, but switched to Hungarian literature and history, graduating in these subjects in 1993. In his early poetry collections he continued the prevailing trends of decadence and symbolism. He won two literary prizes while still in his twenties.

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the bee-keeper

I have been a bee-keeper for six thousand years
And for the past hundred years an electrician.
Once I retire I shall keep bees again.
Something should hum for me, oh hum for me,
Hum and hum and hum
Just for me.

© 1999, George Gömöri
From: Valami a vérröl

the bee-keeper

I have been a bee-keeper for six thousand years
And for the past hundred years an electrician.
Once I retire I shall keep bees again.
Something should hum for me, oh hum for me,
Hum and hum and hum
Just for me.

© 1999, George Gömöri

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