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.
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
- Homepage of the Polish-Hungarian Society in Hungary
- Homepage of the Polish-Hungarian Society in Warsaw
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