u/Snupke

A Hungarian poem for a foreigner

Hi, my Hungarian friends.

I’m looking for one of your poems. My friend is celebrating his birthday, and just for fun, he wrote us a list of unusual things he’d like for his birthday to show that what matters most is our presence, not the gifts. One item on the list was a poem in Hungarian (which, as a Czech, is completely Greek to me). But I think it’s funny, and I’d like to learn a short Hungarian poem. I tried searching online, but I wasn’t very successful—quite often, the rhymes didn’t really work.

Could anyone recommend a suitable poem that I could learn (ideally one where the author and year of composition are known) so I can recite it to him? Thanks so much

For those who are curious, here’s the full list of what he wrote:

  1. Live music
  2. A poem in Hungarian (with a recitation)
  3. A poem in Czech (with a recitation)
  4. A complete collection of movie quote compilations from Kuře
  5. A surf trip with all the participants of this celebration.
  6. A ski trip with everyone at this party (including a run down LaGrave).
  7. Name your child after me (doesn’t have to be baptized)
  8. A mountain cabin with a counter-current pool and a view of the lake mountain
  9. A mountain cabin with a counter-current pool (with a view of a vacuum cleaner)

TL;DR: write me your favourite short Hungarian poem

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