Sándor Petőfi, son of the Great Plain, revolutionary and Hungary's national poet, fell in battle 175 years ago. Yet his poetry has withstood the test of time, and is as fresh, gorgeous and relevant as ever. This volume contains 22 poems by him am 3 by his widow Júlia Szendrey, evoking images of youth, love, family, heartbreak and revolution. The poems are presented side by side, in English literary translation and in Hungarian.