Székely himnusz
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English: Székely Anthem | |
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Prince Csaba on the stars' path | |
anthem of the Székely Land (regional) | |
Lyrics | György Csanády, 1921 |
Music | Kálmán Mihalik, 1921 |
Adopted | 5 September 2009 |
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Székely Himnusz |
"Székely himnusz" ("Székely Anthem"; Romanian: Imnul secuiesc) is a 1921 poem adopted by Szekler National Council as the anthem of the Székely Land, an area in present-day Romania, on 5 September 2009.[1] The lyrics were written by György Csanády[2] and its music was composed by Kálmán Mihalik.[3]
Lyrics
[edit]Only the first stanza and the refrain (highlighted here in bold text) are officially part of the anthem,[4] but subsequent stanzas are also occasionally sung.
Hungarian original[5] | Poetic English variant (H.W. Morrison) |
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Ki tudja merre, merre visz a végzet |
Who knoweth where, O where our destiny shall be? |
Sheet music
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[edit]- ^ "A Székelyföldi Önkormányzati Nagygyűlés határozatai" [Decrees of the Szekler Grand Assembly] (in Hungarian). Székely Nemzeti Tanács (Szekler National Council). 5 September 2009. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
The office holders of the elected Szekler National Council, as the founders and participants of the Szekler Grand Assembly declares the adoption of the Székely Himnusz, of which music was composed by Kálmán Mihalik and of which lyrics was written by György Csanády, as the anthem of Székely Land. ("Székelyföld választott önkormányzati tisztségviselői, mint a Székelyföldi Önkormányzati Nagygyűlés létrehozói és résztvevői [...] elhatározzák [hogy] a Székely Himnuszt, amelynek zenéjét Mihalik Kálmán szerezte, szövegét Csanády György írta, Székelyföld himnuszának nyilvánítják)
- ^ Péter, László, ed. (1994). Új Magyar Irodalmi Lexikon. 1, A–Gy. Akadémiai Kiadó. p. 343. ISBN 9630568055.
- ^ Kríza, Ildikó. "A Székely himnusz születésének háttere" (in Hungarian). Unitarian Church in Hungary. Archived from the original on 13 February 2010. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
According to György Csanády's credible records the poem written in 1921 was called in the májusi nagyáldozat yet as kantáté and its music was composed by Kálmán Mihalik for girls' choir."("Csanády György hiteles tájékoztatása szerint az 1921-ben keletkezett verset a májusi nagyáldozatban még kantáténak nevezte és lány karra komponálta a zenét Mihalik Kálmán.)
- ^ "Székelyföld himnuszai - 2021. március 14., vasárnap -". www.3szek.ro (in Hungarian). 14 March 2021. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
- ^ Dénes, Gábor (1997). "Gondolatok a székely himnuszról" (PDF) (in Hungarian).