Attila József's most famous poems and lines
The top 3 according to 34 votes from people: I have no father, no mother, / no god, no homeland. · For a week now I have been thinking / only of Mama, stopping now and then. · I love you as a child loves its mother, / as silent pits love their depths.. (Updated Jun 20, 2023.)
From the rebellion of "With a Pure Heart" to the lines of "Mama" and "For My Birthday": the best-known lines by Attila József (1905–1937), learned by every Hungarian schoolchild, with the poem's title and year. His birthday, 11 April, is Hungarian Poetry Day.
Automatically translated (original in Magyar). See the original
Top 12
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1
I have no father, no mother, / no god, no homeland.
"With a Pure Heart" (1925).
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2
For a week now I have been thinking / only of Mama, stopping now and then.
"Mama" (1934).
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3
I love you as a child loves its mother, / as silent pits love their depths.
"Ode" (1933).
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4
I sat on the bottom step of the quay / and watched a melon rind float away.
"By the Danube" (1936).
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5
With a pure heart I will break in, / and kill a man if I must.
"With a Pure Heart" (1925).
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6
The sky closes its blue eye, / the house closes its many eyes.
"Lullaby" (1935).
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7
I step beyond this present tavern, / to reason and beyond!
"Ars poetica" (1937).
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8
Existence stammers; / only the law is clear speech.
"Ode" (1933).
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9
I have turned thirty-two: / this poem is a surprise.
"For My Birthday" (1937).
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10
In the end a man reaches a sandy, / sad, waterlogged plain.
"Hopelessly" (1933).
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11
Perhaps I will suddenly vanish, / like an animal's track in the forest.
"Perhaps I Will Suddenly Vanish" (1937).
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12
In the end every tangle comes undone.
"People" (1935).
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Comments (1)
A Dunánál nekem a legkedvesebb, érettségin ezt húztam. A Mama-t viszont azóta sem tudom sírás nélkül végigolvasni.