If you can sing of nothing better
than your own joy or broken heart,
the world can do without your singing:
keep out, where you can have no part!

translated by Edwin Morgan

Sándor Petőfi

Sándor Petőfi

Hungarian poet, revolutionist

1 January 1823 — 31 July 1849

The poets of the nineteenth century (poem)

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Time of publication: September 5, 2011

Length: 145 characters

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