By the Danube

     As I sat on the bottom step of the wharf,
    A melon-rind flowed by with the current;
    Wrapped in my fate I hardly heard the chatter
    Of the surface, while the deep was silent.
    As if my own heart had opened its gate:
    The Danube was turbulent, wise and great
 
    Jozsef Attila- By the Danube

    A rakodópart alsó kövén ültem,
    néztem, hogy úszik el a dinnyehéj.
    Alig hallottam, sorsomba merülten,
    hogy fecseg a felszin, hallgat a mély.
    Mintha szivembõl folyt volna tova,
    zavaros, bölcs és nagy volt a Duna.

   József Attila- A Dunánal