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Several Chinese, Japanese and English versions of Petofi's Freedom and Love

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The original text of the Hungarian poet Petofi's Freedom and Love is in Hungarian,

Freedom, Love!

I need these two

I sacrifice for my love

Life,

I sacrifice for freedom

My love.

Here are a few Chinese, Japanese and English versions, which one do you like?

Chinese Version 1:

Life is precious,

Love is more expensive.

If it is free,

Both can be thrown.

Translation: It was translated in 1929 by the famous Chinese poet Yin Fu (Bai Mang), one of the "Five Martyrs of the Left League". Yin Fu's translated poems, taking into account the characteristics of Chinese rhythmic poetry, translate each sentence into five words and have rhymes, so it is catchy to read and is the most familiar to people. However, this translation has made a major change to the appearance of the original poem, which is very classic, equivalent to re-creation.

Chinese Edition 2:

Freedom, love!

These are the two things I want.

For love,

I sacrificed my life;

For freedom,

I sacrificed my love again.

Translation: The famous translator Sun Yong re-translated the poem. The translated poem was published in the second issue of the Reading Monthly in 1957.

Chinese Edition 3:

Freedom and love!

I'm all for it.

I'd rather sacrifice my life,

I'd rather sacrifice love.

Translation: Xing Wansheng, a famous contemporary translator and writer, has translated and published the book "Selected Lyric Poems of Petofi", and he has reinterpreted this small poem.

English Version 1:

Liberty and love

These two I must have

For love ,I will

sacrifice my life;

For liberty,I will

sacrifice my love.

English Version 2:

Liberty, love.

I need them both.

I am willing to give up my life for love.

I will part with my love for liberty.

English Version 3:

Life is dear, love is dearer. 

Both can be given up for freedom.:

Japanese Version:

  Life is important Love is more important.

  But if it's for free, both give up.

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