Gloomy Sunday
For the film Gloomy Sunday, see Ein Lied von Liebe und Tod.
"Gloomy Sunday" is a song composed by Hungarian pianist and composer Rezső Seress in 1933, as Vége a világnak (End of the world), with alternate Szomorú vasárnap (Hungarian pronunciation (Sad Sunday) lyrics written by László Jávor. The original lyrics depicted a war-stricken Hungary and a silent prayer to God. Jávor's lyrics are a mourning to a lost lover and a pledge to commit suicide to meet said lover again in the afterlife. It has become known as the Hungarian Suicide Song" because many people have been found dead by means of suicide with this song playing.
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