Thury György Balladája 2. rész [English translation]

Inside the fort of Fehérvár1Hamza Bey2is grieving

The famous champion of the Turks

A raid is coming from the south, it decimates their army

They are hassling them in every possible way

Head to Palota3my good spy!

Make your trip quickly and efficiently!

Don't allow anyone to see you, not from the ground nor from the sky!

Bring my poison to the infidel4György Thury5

Hark, my good lord, what that wretched heathen6

Is plotting against you in secret!

With me he has sent you sleeping powder and he's coming with an army

To defeat you via nefarious trickery

Don't you worry for a second my loyal and brave servant!

That despicable Hamza Bey will be very sorry

Let the Turks come, you just head back and report

That you have poisoned everyone here

Go ahead, leader, there's a storm on our side!

Go ahead, leader, guide our weapons!

Today we won't allow a single plundering heathen to go home alive!

Go ahead, leader, there's a storm on our side!

Go ahead, leader, guide our weapons!

The battle between us will be decided with swords, not poison!

Believe me, this country is not yours by right nor is it yours by heritage

You can't live in peace here, eternal enmity awaits you

People will rebel and they'll rise against you, even from the grave

You can't gain anything via conquering, you'll have to perish here7

They refuse to descend into the moat of the silent fort

The heathen army stops and they just wait about8

They sneak cowardly home, just how they came

They are so afraid of the captain of Palota

Hamza Bey is having a fit in his fort in Fehérvár

Reading a message from the good György Thury

"I've heard that you've been here, but you see, I drank so much

That even after three days is didn't feel very well."

Go ahead, leader, there's a storm on our side!

Go ahead, leader, guide our weapons!

Today we won't allow a single plundering heathen to go home alive!

Go ahead, leader, there's a storm on our side!

Go ahead, leader, guide our weapons!

The battle between us will be decided with swords, not poison!

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sz%C3%A9kesfeh%C3%A9rv%C3%A1r2. A Turkic title for a chieftain.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bey3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A1rpalota4. The Turks considered Hungarians infidels (giaours) because they weren't Muslims.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/giaour5. György Thury (1519-1571) was a Hungarian soldier and military leader from a noble family.

Throughout his life he defended multiple forts from the Ottoman army.

Some called him the Hungarian EL Cid. He was a formidable duelist.

https://www.mysteriumtours.com/captain-gyorgy-thury-the-famous-duelist

https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thury_Gy%C3%B6rgy6. Hungarians considered Turks heathens because they weren't Christians.7. Hungary lived under Turkish rule for about a 150 years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Hungary8. Wait about in the sense of "to stay in a place and do nothing while you wait for someone to arrive or something to happen."

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/learner-english/wait-about-a...

• Artist:Dalriada
• Album:Nyárutó