"You do not understand? The seed is life. The onion is rot. Life emerges from decay... But every plant has a different nature. Like a human. We have to deal with it. There are those that are only decorated in rich soil, such as poppies and sunflowers, and the ice-leaved lapu. There are those whose world is poverty. For example, the stone rose, or the ivy, or the peach. Again, other plants like social life, like ants or wolves, or people: the pine tree, the birch tree, the beech tree. Still others prefer a solitary life, like hermits: the walnut tree, the linden tree, the quince tree, the rowan tree. But never plant a rowan tree... The rowan tree... does not bear fruit until... as long as its planter lives.
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Gárdonyi GézaAll Translations
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You do not understand? The seed is life. The onion is rot. Life emerges from decay... But every plant has a different nature. Like a human. We have to deal with it. There are those that are only decorated in rich soil, such as poppies and sunflowers, and the ice-leaved lapu. There are those whose world is poverty. For example, the stone rose, or the ivy, or the peach. Again, other plants like social life, like ants or wolves, or people: the pine tree, the birch tree, the beech tree. Still others prefer a solitary life, like hermits: the walnut tree, the linden tree, the quince tree, the rowan tree. But never plant a rowan tree... The rowan tree... does not bear fruit until... as long as its planter lives.
""Nem érted? A mag az élet. A hagyma a rothadás. Az élet a rothadásból kikél... De minden növénynek más a természete. Mint az embernek. Meg köll vele ösmerkednünk. Van olyan, aki csak kövér földben díszlik, mint a mák és a napraforgó, meg a jeges levelű lapu. Van olyan, akinek szegénység a világa. A kövirózsa példának okáért, vagy a borostyán, vagy az őszibarack. Ismét más növények a társas életet szeretik, mint a hangyák vagy a farkasok, vagy az emberek: a fenyőfa, nyírfa, bükkfa. Ismét mások a magányos életet kedvelik, mint a remeték: a diófa, hársfa, birsalmafa, berkenyefa. De berkenyefát soha ne ültess... A berkenyefa... nem terem addig... ameddig az ültetője él."