"I sometimes hear the sea in my dreams. At such times, an insurmountable longing seizes me, a homesickness so deep and painful that in my sleep tears flow and run down my face. At these dawns, I wake up with a salty taste on the edge of my mouth, as if - in the strange reality of the dream - I had really dipped my face in the sea.
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Author
Márai SándorAll Translations
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I sometimes hear the sea in my dreams. At such times, an insurmountable longing seizes me, a homesickness so deep and painful that in my sleep tears flow and run down my face. At these dawns, I wake up with a salty taste on the edge of my mouth, as if - in the strange reality of the dream - I had really dipped my face in the sea.
""Álmaimban hallom néha a tengert. Ilyenkor leküzdhetetlen vágyódás fog el, oly mély és fájdalmas honvágy, hogy álmomban kicsordul könnyem és lecsurog arcomon. E hajnalokon arra ébredek, hogy szájam szélén valamilyen sós íz tapad meg, mintha - az álom különös valóságában - csakugyan a tengerben mártottam volna meg arcomat."