
Step into a dimly lit hall of verse where the poet whispers from cheap chairs and flickering gas lamps. The collection opens with a haunting meditation on solitude, decay, and the lingering scent of forgotten roses. Through stark imagery of crumbling classrooms, dusty cemeteries, and twilight forests, the speaker searches for meaning in ordinary gloom. Each line feels like a quiet confession, balancing melancholy with a strange, tender humor.
The poems move through fleeting encounters—a brief kiss beneath an ancient oak, a whispered promise in a park, the rustle of silk on a cold night—each moment captured with a lyrical, almost cinematic precision. Yet the voice never rushes to resolution; it lingers in the pauses, inviting listeners to linger on the unsaid. The tone is intimate yet universal, echoing the restless longing of anyone who has ever wandered through the shadows of memory. Listening to this collection feels like wandering a quiet gallery of personal reveries, where every stanza offers a soft, resonant echo.
Language
hu
Duration
~51 minutes (49K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Albert László from page images generously made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library
Release date
2021-03-12
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects

1886–1928
A leading voice of early 20th-century Hungarian poetry, he is remembered for lyrical, finely crafted verse touched by melancholy and sensitivity. His work also reached readers through acclaimed translations, including poems by Baudelaire and Shakespeare.
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