The author of this poem is Hungarian poet Sandel Petofi. Everything is for: "Life is precious, but love is more expensive. If it is freedom, both can be thrown. "
Meaning: Life is precious, so is the value of love. Without freedom, both of them are worthless to us.
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1 823 65438+1October1,Petfi Sándor was born in a Hungarian town on the Danube under the Austrian Empire. His father was a poor Slavic butcher and his mother was a serf in Madzar. According to the law at that time, his family was at the bottom of society. Living in this environment, petofi was willing to listen to the legend of the uprising led by the national hero Hoss when he was a teenager.
In the pub, he chatted with his companions about the story of the Hungarian people's struggle for independence, which left a deep imprint on his young mind. This "free forum" atmosphere has also greatly promoted the development and progress of petofi language. I can talk freely in Hungarian and Slovak at an early age, and I have a certain foundation in Latin.
1838, petofi wrote his first satirical poem "Farewell". This poem inherits and develops the tradition of Hungarian classical poetry, and initially embodies the characteristics of the popularization of poetic language that he followed all his life. 1842 published the poem "Drunken" and began his writing career. 1844 published the first book of poetry and served as assistant editor of Pace Fashion.
Because of the satirical poem "Hammer in the Country" and the revolutionary poems "Song of Patriots" and "Anti-King", he became famous in the poetry circle. Later, he participated in and led the radical youth organization "Young Hungary" in Perth and engaged in revolutionary activities.
1846 In September, 23-year-old Petofi met Sendley Yuria, the daughter of Count Naudts, at the dance. The purity and frankness of this slim and beautiful girl with pale blue eyes made the young poet fall in love at first sight, but the earl who owns a lot of land estates refused to marry his daughter to a poor poet like petofi.
In the face of resistance, petofi's affection for Julia maesa is still irresistible. In half a year's time, he sent out a series of love poems, such as to Julia maesa, I am a loving person, you love spring, the bleak autumn wind whispered in the forest, and gave me twenty kisses at once. The treasures in these lyric poems encouraged You Liya to break the shackles of his father and family and enter the wedding hall with Petofi a year later.
Petofi once traveled long distances in China, calling on the Hungarian people to oppose Austrian national oppression with revolutionary poems. 1846, finishing the manuscript of poetry anthology, preparing to publish the complete collection of poetry anthology, and writing down the famous proverb poem "Freedom and Love" in the preface.
On March 5th, 1848 and 18 led the people of Perth to hold a national uprising against Austria, recited the political poem "Song of the Nation" to the insurgents, and inspired people to fight for national freedom and independence, which was called "the first roar of Hungarian freedom".
Petofi joined the Revolutionary Army and the Hungarian War of National Independence. 1in the summer of 849, the Hungarian Revolutionary Army fought to the last moment under the oppression of a strong enemy. On the morning of July 3 1, General Bem formed a cavalry unit with 300 men who could fight, and specifically told petofi to stay before the battle began. However, the poet disobeyed the general's orders and set off behind the cavalry.
These heroic Hungarian fighters were quickly submerged and melted when they stuck with enemies several times their own. The thin poet was surrounded by two Russian Cossack cavalry, and a machete came at him fiercely. The poet dodged, but at the same time another sharp spear pierced his chest and the poet fell down in pain. ...
Petofi died at the age of 26, leaving behind a 22-year-old wife and a 1.5-year-old son. He wrote more than 800 lyric poems and 8 narrative poems in his life, in addition to more than 800,000 words of novels, political essays, plays and travel notes, quite a few of which were completed in the war. Such a high output is very rare in the history of European literature. It has a great influence on the development of Hungarian literature.
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