The comparative analysis of the Ady poem "Sírni, sírni, sírni" and the Krle?a poem "Tu?aljka nad crkvom" convincingly proves the paraphrasic character of the latter and thus the creative reception of the poem of Ady. With the comparative investigation of the motif world and the linguistic archaisms of Ady and Krle?a, the facts of the Ady reception, which are everywhere present in the Kerempuh ballads, are made visible.