A kik�t�k f�lelme

�k tudj�k. J�l ismerik.

Tud rep�lni, �s �szni is,

�jjelente a partok oldal�t csapdossa,

�s sohasem alszik.

Percnyi sz�net n�lk�l suttog �s s�hajtozik.

Nem f�l, mert hatalmas.

De nincsen halhatatlans�ga,

�s nincsen boldogs�ga, mert hontalan.

�s azok, akiknek ezer szeme

Lecsukva pihen �jjelente,

A kik�t�k f�lnek, mert csend honol a s�t�tben,

�s messzir�l k�sza h�reket hoz az �j.

Ezer f�l�kbe titkokat suttog a holds�t�tte part,

Hogy egyszer el fog menni,

�s �rv�n maradnak az ezerszem�ek,

S a hatalmassal, aki

�jeken �t csapkodja a partok oldal�t,

�s s�hajtozik �s suttog a m�ly �jszak�ban,

Azzal, aki nem f�l, �s m�gis szomor�,

Elmegy az �let is, az �rtelme annak,

Ami�rt ezer szem�ket nyitj�k �s csukj�k sz�ntelen.

                                                                                             (2002.07.26.)                                                                    

I have heard and seen

It told me things in a faint, fading voice.

Its mere sound was

Greater than any wonders

in the vast halls of E�.

-I am standing still,

bearing fruits not yet ripened,

and the wind that came

yesterday and the day before

told me things

of the ever changing world.

And more and more will be

changed, it said;

that its successor will not speak

but strike, its follower will be stronger

and more fierce and will not

be careful with me.

-Caress me- it than said, caress me

while I am in the ground.

Once I’ll have been uprooted,

I will not feel anything. Anymore.

Caress me while I am still myself.

It said all these words, and I wept,

For I felt the wind, and it came.

But I have not turned my face

towards it,

I cannot say whether it survived or lost.

The memories of caressing it

are still pounding in my hands

as if they were hearts beating.

They will never depart.

May the same memories give

It strength, too.

                                                                               (2002. 07.17.)