Lajos Kassak
(
March 21
,
1887
?
July 22
,
1967
) was a Hungarian poet, novelist and painter.
- the roads lay under us in white quilts
the telegraph-wires jerked tight and wrote
mantras on the sky
- "A lo meghal a madarak kirepulnek" ("The Horse Dies the Birds Fly Away"), 1922, translated by
Edwin Morgan
- at night we glimpsed the flowers blooming between women's legs
but we were vegetarians and misogynists
- "A lo meghal a madarak kirepulnek" ("The Horse Dies the Birds Fly Away"), 1922, translated by Edwin Morgan.
- [1]
original Hungarian text with some translations available
- [2]
several translations available, including complete English translation