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Pieter Posted 23 years ago
A drunk man on the rails
A drunk man on the rails
( by Attila Jozsef 1934 , translation by Peter Szabo, 2003)
A drunk man is lying on the rails,
holding his stick in his left hand,
snoring, dreaming his best dreams,
And night on the road takes a bend.
Night wind’s decorated him indeed,
sky spreads divine dew on his head,
his ruffled hair has plenty of weed,
he isn’t moving, just gasps for breath.
His fist is hard as sleeper under his head,
he’s sleeping as once in his mother’s arms.
His clothes are ragged. He is just a lad.
The Sun’s asleep and the sky is a grey something.
A drunk man is lying on the rails,
and from far, slowly, the silent Earth is rumbling.
( by Attila Jozsef 1934 , translation by Peter Szabo, 2003)
A drunk man is lying on the rails,
holding his stick in his left hand,
snoring, dreaming his best dreams,
And night on the road takes a bend.
Night wind’s decorated him indeed,
sky spreads divine dew on his head,
his ruffled hair has plenty of weed,
he isn’t moving, just gasps for breath.
His fist is hard as sleeper under his head,
he’s sleeping as once in his mother’s arms.
His clothes are ragged. He is just a lad.
The Sun’s asleep and the sky is a grey something.
A drunk man is lying on the rails,
and from far, slowly, the silent Earth is rumbling.
Top answer
Romantic loss of conciousness in mother Earth's embrace.
- Romantic loss of conciousness in mother Earth's embrace.
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Yeah. I'm sure you understood why the earth is roaring. so I have nothing else to explain. Except that he was drunk because his wife had left him. With a pilot. Who was in the Appolo 9 program. And almost died in 1969. ( Tom Hanks playd his role in the film.) Tom Hanks is a great actor. It's great fun. Having correspondence with you. A site for two poetry lovers.
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