Petfi Sndor: NEMZETI DAL

Nemzeti dal Talpra magyar, h a haza! Itt az id, most vagy soha! Rabok legynk vagy szabadok? Ez a krds, vlasszatok! A magyarok istenre Esksznk, Esksznk, hogy rabok tovbb Nem lesznk! Rabok voltunk mostanig, Krhozottak sapink, Kik szabadon ltek- haltak, Szolgafldben nem nyughatnak. A magyarok istenre Esksznk, Esksznk, hogy rabok tovbb Nem lesznk! Sehonnai bitang ember, Ki most, ha kell, halni nem mer, Kinek drgbb rongy lete, Mint a haza becslete. A magyarok istenre Esksznk, Esksznk, hogy rabok tovbb Nem lesznk! Fnyesebb a lncnl a kard, Jobban kesti a kart, s mi mgis lncot hordtunk! Ide veled, rgi kardunk! A magyarok istenre Esksznk, Esksznk, hogy rabok tovbb Nem lesznk! A magyar nv megint szp

The National Poem On your feet, Magyar, the homeland calls! The time is here, now or never! Shall we be slaves or free? This is the question, choose your answer! - By the God of the Magyars We vow, We vow, that we will be slaves No longer! We were slaves up til now, Damned are our ancestors, Who lived and died free, Cannot rest in a slave land. By the God of the Magyars We vow, We vow, that we will be slaves No longer! Useless villain of a man, Who now, if need be, doesn't dare to die, Who values his pathetic life greater Than the honor of his homeland. By the God of the Hungarians We vow, We vow, that we will be slaves No longer! The sword shines brighter than the chain, Decorates better the arm, And we still wore chains! Return now, our old sword! By the God of the Hungarians We vow, We vow, that we will be slaves No longer! The Magyar name will be great again,

lesz, Mlt rgi nagy hirhez; Mit rkentek a szzadok, Lemossuk a gyalzatot! A magyarok istenre Esksznk, Esksznk, hogy rabok tovbb Nem lesznk! Hol srjaink domborulnak, Unokink leborulnak, s ld imdsg mellett Mondjk el szent neveinket. A magyarok istenre Esksznk, Esksznk, hogy rabok tovbb Nem lesznk!

Worthy of its old, great honor; Which the centuries smeared on it, We will wash away the shame! By the God of the Magyars We vow, We vow, that we will be slaves No longer! Where our grave mounds lie, Our grandchildren will kneel, And with blessing prayer, Recite our sainted names. By the God of the Magyars We vow, We vow, that we will be slaves No longer!

The Nemzeti dal ("National Song"), written by Sndor Petfi, is the poem that is said to have inspired the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 Petfi read the poem aloud on March 15 in Vrsmarty Square in Budapest to a gathering crowd, which by the end was 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 were 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 the autonomy of Hungary within the new Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1867. The poem has come to rank third after the Himnusz and Szzat as 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.