From: Freedom and Love by Hungarian poet petofi.
Original text:
Life is precious, but love is more expensive.
If you are free, you can throw both.
Translation:
Freedom and love, I fell in love with them.
I would rather sacrifice my life for love,
I would rather sacrifice love for freedom.
Extended data:
Creative background:
This poem was written for Petfi Sándor's participation in the revolution.
1823 65438+ 10 1, Petfi Sándor was born in a Hungarian town on the Afping Plain on the Danube under the Austrian Empire. His father was a poor Slavic butcher and his mother was a serf in magyars. According to the law at that time, his family was at the bottom of society.
Part of their ancestors came from Hungary, and they were Xiongnu tribes who moved westward in China in the Han Dynasty. They were characterized by the fierce collision between eastern and western cultures and occupied a special position in European history.
Due to long-term discrimination and oppression by neighboring ethnic groups, Hungarians are good at using poetry as a horn to inspire their national struggle for nearly a thousand years, and a large number of outstanding patriotic poets have emerged in modern times. /kloc-after the 0/7th century, Hungary has been ruled by the Austrian Empire, losing its independent status, and the uprising struggle for freedom broke out one after another.
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.