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As the flaming brushfire, when meeting reeds,
As the swift floodwater, when rushing from a mountain;
In such ferocity is Zrínyi bedecked.

— Miklós Zrínyi The Siege of Sziget (1647)

Mint az lángos harap, ha nádban ütközött,
Mint az sebes vizár, ha hegybül érkezett:
Oly kegyetlenségben Zrini most öltözött.

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Cursing, the emperor releases his soul,
Which his body held so proudly in life.

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"Bloodsucking selendek, despoiler of the world,
The hour of your greed has come."

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Courage is sweet on the lips of a man,
But is great and terrible in fatal trial.

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Where are you now, world-destroying nations?
Where are you, earth-devouring terrible hordes?

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O Fortune! I fling no reproaches at thee,
For thou hast been gentle and gen'rous to me.

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