The Bicentary of the events of the French Revolution, 1789 is considered as a national jubilee of France, but the Declaration of Human Rights, the bais of the French Constituion merits commemoration on international level. From Hungary three poets-translators, who are enthusiasts of the French Revolution, are presented: Ferenc Verseghy, translator of La Marseillaise, János Batsányi, translator of Napoleon's appeal to the Hungarians, and Sándor Petöfi.