The Pond’s Song of Springtime

a verse translation of a poem by Jenő Dsida

Joe Váradi
Lit Up
Published in
2 min readFeb 24

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artist: István Kenéz

How grand it was,
under the ice:
above and below,
paradise,
all around me
calm translucence -
Now every noise:
piercing nuisance.

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Joe Váradi
Lit Up

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