The publication includes poems by the great Hungarian poet Balint Balassi, whose 450th anniversary was celebrated in October 2004. Balassi created Hungarian poetry (before him it existed in Latin), absorbing the best traditions of Hungarian folklore, enriching his skill with the experience of poetry almost throughout Europe: in his poetry there are traces of the influence of ancient poetry, the lyrics of the Vagants, Petrarch, Polish, Romanian, Serbian folklore. The Bible was a powerful source of imagery for Balassa. Feats of arms in the name of the Motherland, God, love are the three centers that shaped his poetry. CONTENTS: From the editorial board (5). A szerkesztobizottsagatol (8). Poems (14). Several Turkish beits that were translated into Hungarian (165) .Poems to Celia (168). A cycle written down in his own hand (183). Several verses addressed to God, which the poet adapted from the psalms and composed himself (185). Spiritual verses left outside the collection (207). Additions (226). Poems Balinta Balashshi, previously published in Russian publications (239). APPENDICES Yu. P. Gusev. Life of Balassa (253). Ivan Horvath. The Renaissance turn in Hungarian literature and the poetry of Balint Balassi (Yu. Guseva) (268). Tibor Klanitsai. Petrarchism in Hungarian Renaissance poetry (320). Notes (334). List of illustrations (381).