Poles, Hungarians, two little brothers

Pole, Hungarian, two little brothers are the opening words of a historical proverb that has existed in both the Hungarian and Polish languages since the Middle Ages and expresses a deep friendship between the two peoples, which continues to this day.

The "Polish-Hungarian Madonna" by János Németh, a ceramic relief on the wall in the market square in Krosno (2014).

Polish is the saying:

Polak, Węgier - dwa bratanki,

i do szabli, i do szklanki,

oba zuchy, oba żwawi,

never in the Pan Bóg błogosławi.

Loosely translated into German: "May Poles and Hungarians be cousins, good at fighting, good at partying, both brave, both lively, be God's blessing on them."

In Hungarian it is:

Lengyel, magyar - két jó barát,

együtt harcol s issza borát.

Basically: "Poles and Hungarians - two good friends, they fight together and drink their wine."

Day of the Polish-Hungarian Friendship

On March 12, 2007, the Hungarian Parliament passed a law that defines March 23 as “the day of Polish-Hungarian friendship” . The bill was accepted by 324 MPs with no votes against or abstentions. The Polish Sejm passed a similar resolution on March 16 of the same year. The reasoning explicitly refers to the “unprecedented” character of friendship.

Friendship societies

In both Poland and Hungary there are many Polish-Hungarian friendship societies.

in Łódz (Sandor Petőfi Society);
in Slupsk;
in Warsaw ( Dr. J. Antall Society)
in Leszno;
in Olsztyn;
in Poznan (F. Liszt Society);
in Radomsko;
in Győr (J. Piłsudski Society);
in Esztergom;
in Budapest

Web links

Footnotes

↑ Lengyel, magyar két jó barát, együtt harcol s issza borate
↑ Polak, Węgier, dwa bratanki, i do szabli, i do szklanki
↑ On March 12, 2007, the Hungarian Parliament decided unanimously to make March 23 the Day of Polish-Hungarian Friendship Day (Hungarian)
↑ On March 16, 2007 the Polish Parliament declared March 23 to be the day of Polish-Hungarian friendship (Polish)
↑ János Németh - sculptor, ceramic artist, Munkácsy prize winner
↑ Online article at FigyelöNet
↑ Resolution text on the Sejm website

[1] Lengyel, magyar két jó barát, együtt harcol s issza borate

[2] Polak, Węgier, dwa bratanki, i do szabli, i do szklanki

[3] On March 12, 2007, the Hungarian Parliament decided unanimously to make March 23 the Day of Polish-Hungarian Friendship Day (Hungarian)

[4] On March 16, 2007 the Polish Parliament declared March 23 to be the day of Polish-Hungarian friendship (Polish)

[5] János Németh - sculptor, ceramic artist, Munkácsy prize winner

[6] Online article at FigyelöNet

[7] Resolution text on the Sejm website