Comments on: Can Anyone Help with Some Hungarian Rhymes?

By: redwaratah

redwaratah — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:54:22 +0000

I also love this silly song – much like the rhyme :
Back to back they faced other ,
drew their swords and shot each other…etc..

This is about a dead frog who is croaking on a dry lake with a wet bank,
A deaf man is listening and the lake is frolicking,
Sej Haj we have dogs blood
Sej Haj, the mouse is cycling.

Blind man saw it, the limping man ran after it,
The bald man is tearing at his hair and the mute is yelling .

A rough translation to a very silly song – but I love it.

Száraz tónak nedves partján döglött béka kuruttyol.
Hallgatja egy süket ember ki a vízbe lubickol.
Sej, haj, denevér, bennünk van a kutyavér,
Sej, haj, denevér, biciklizik az egér.

Vak meglátja, hogy kiugrik, sánta utánaszalad.
Kopasz ember haját tépi, a néma meg óbégat.
Sej, haj, denevér, bennünk van a kutyavér,
Sej, haj, denevér, biciklizik az egér.

Check out the Hungarian Scouts listing of all kiddy songs and rhymes.

http://www.cserkeszek.org/music_nepdal.html

By: redwaratah

redwaratah — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:17:48 +0000

Gaby Koppel!
That is one song I do remember:

Debrecenbe kenne menni
pulyka-kakast kenne venni,
Vigyaz kocsis lukas a kas
ki ugrik a pulyka-kakas.

To Debrecen we must go,
we need to buy a turkey
look -out driver, the kas a hole in it,
out will jump the turkey.

and I have just had a cry of “Kis Bence”…. My mum passed away last year and she used to sing that to me all the time when I was a kid – we used to have a cat called Bence.

By: Avatar

Avatar — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:00:45 +0000

Christine in California!
It is a Hungarian nursery rhyme sort of a game.
It is played with the child’s hand and fingers sarting with the thumb.
Ez element vadaszni -This one went to hunt
Ez meglote -This one shot it
Ez haza vitte -This one took it home
Ez megsutotte -This one fried it
Ez az ici pici mind megetted (the pinky)- This tiny little one ate it all…………than they trace a little circle in the palm of the child’s hand saying “Kerekecske gomboska ide szalad a nyulacska”……..and give the child a little tickle under his arm pit.
Meaning Little wheel, little button the little rabbit runs there………..

By: Gaby Koppel

Gaby Koppel — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 09:03:56 +0000

Query:
My mother used to sing me a nursery rhyme which went something like: “Debrezembe kene neni, pooi ka ka kash kene veni.” Can you please tell me if that is a known song, if so what the correct words, pronunciation and meaning are.

Thanks

By: Tinker Jack

Tinker Jack — Tue, 19 May 2009 17:47:28 +0000

THis is a Hungarian riddle!

Zöld istállóban
Fekete lovak
Piros szénát esznek
Mi az?

Black horses
Eating red hay
In a green stable.
What is that?

Scroll down for the answer!

Solution: Watermelon.

By: Monique

Monique — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:23:03 +0000

I found that on line…

Bezsere, bezsere, bezsere,
Volt egyszer egy kertecske,
Abba volt egy káposztácska,
Rászokott a kisnyulacska,
Arra ment a kert gazdája,
Ide-oda futott a nyulacska.

… and there are three rhymes on this site which seem to be variants to “Ciróka, maróka”

By: Petra F.T.

Petra F.T. — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:31:05 +0000

The second rhyme is “Kerekecske gombocska”, you can find it the page. :)

And I know the dirty boy’s “tale”!

Egyszer volt egy kemence

Egyszer volt egy kemence, belebújt a kis Bence.
Kormos volt a kemence, fekete lett a kis Bence.
Ránézett a mamája, nem ismert a fiára.
Becsukta a kemencét, jól elverte kis Bencét.

Don’t afraid from “speak”, humming in hungarian, I know your words, humming your favourite sings to your children, and tell they the meaning. I recognised the half of the priest’s storys but we (I and my family) can’t tell it…

Sorry if my english is bad:
Petra F. T.