Megy a juhász szamáron, <br />Földig ér a lába; <br />Nagy a legény, de nagyobb <br />Boldogtalansága. <br /> <br />Gyepes hanton furulyált, <br />Legelészett nyája. <br />Egyszercsak azt hallja, hogy <br />Haldoklik babája. <br /> <br />Fölpattan a szamárra, <br />Hazafelé vágtat; <br />De már késõn érkezett, <br />Csak holttestet láthat. <br /> <br />Elkeseredésében <br />Mi telhetett tõle? <br />Nagyot ütött botjával <br />A szamár fejére. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />The Shepherd Rides On A Donkey <br /> <br />The shepherd rides in donkey-back <br />The shepherd rides in donkey-back, <br />His feet are dangling wide, <br />The lad is big, but bigger still <br />His bitterness inside. <br /> <br />He played his flute, he grazed his flock <br />Upon a grassy hill <br />When he was told his sweetheart girl <br />Was desperately ill. <br /> <br />He rides his donkey in a flash <br />And races to her bed, <br />But by the time he reached the house <br />His precious one was dead. <br /> <br />The lad was bitter, hoped to die, <br />But what he did instead: <br />He took a stick and struck a blow <br />Upon the donkey's head.<br /><br />Sandor Petofi<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/megy-a-juh-sz-szam-ron-the-shepherd-rides-on-a-donkey/
