Dávid Novák was Hungarian Slovene

Hungarian Slovenes

Hungarian Slovenes are an autochthonous ethnic and linguistic Slovene minority living in Hungary. The largest groups are the Rába Slovenes in the Rába Valley in western Hungary between the town of Szentgotthárd and the borders with Slovenia and Austria. They speak the Prekmurje dialect of Slovene...

 Student and poet. Novák is the author of the first poem in prekmurian language from 1771.

Born in Sümeg

Sümeg

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 in evangelic family. He studied in the Bratislava Lyceum, where as usual the students wrote in mother tongue. Novák's poem was the Versus Vandalici (Slovene/Prekmurian Poem). In the poem including the Battle of Saint Gotthard is also mentioned.
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Poszlühne da eszi proszim vasz GOSZPODA,

ka bom vam jasz pravo od toda národa,

Steri vzimi vhi'zi pr petsi sze gloda,

ar ga mraz mentüje od vszakoga hoda.

V zimenszkom vreimeni páver szi zgutsáva,

od szvojih sztarissih on prpovidáva,

med gyesztyami szidi ne boji ga gláva

ino tak zdremlenyom on sztrahe odáva.

Tak pravi meo szem jasz jedrnu mamitzu,

Ali mrla mi je mam za nyou Katitzu,

Vzeo szam szi sztrelitzu znyou szam bojou ftitzu,

Mama szu szküali prav dobru 'zupitzu.

Nejde on vörte mi vets na njive s zpüglom,

ka bi se obratsao szvoim friskem tzügom,

liki vleti goni eden priton drügom,

tsa szarvas haj red'za 'züle draple sztrügom.

Kae pa moj otsadelau vSzent-Gothardi,

Dare je meo pune fsze fplündre tokvardi,

Noszou je okoulik tam otetz na dardi,

Török Basse glávo novtze v Salavardi.

Te je dobre bilou na szvéti 'ziveti,

Mogou jete tslovik dosta pénesz meti,

Nei je meo nevouli ni vzimi ni vleti,

Vbibor, vbarsonszki gvant mogoú je odeti.

Meo je moj sztari ded prav tütsnoga brava,

Tak je biu veliki, kako divgya krava,

Seszt tzentov je vagao meo je gyetra zdrava,

Dosta bilou dobra ali zima prava.

I zdaj tak delámo, pri ogni szidimo,

K fassanki szprávlati tüdi sze hitimo,

Dosta gostüvanyau rediti vidimo

I tak tzélo zimo veszelo dr'zimo.>

Literature

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  Murska Sobota
  Murska Sobota is a city in northeastern Slovenia. It is located in the eponymous municipality near the Mura River in the region of Prekmurje and is the regional capital.-Name:...
  
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