Ivan Benak

pučki pjesnik · folk poet  ·  Sopje 1933. – Valpovo 2015.Sopje 1933 – Valpovo 2015

Misao dana

Za svaki dan u godini po jedna misao iz njegovih pjesama, birana prema godišnjem dobu i blagdanima.

Thought of the day

A thought from his poems for every day of the year, chosen to suit the season and the feast days.

Misao dana · Thought of the day

Ja sam mala
gusjenica.
Jedem lišće,
istina je cijela,
no, list knjige
đaka Marka
nikad nisam jela.

— iz pjesme Gusjenica

I'm a little
caterpillar.
I eat leaves,
every word is true,
but the leaf of
schoolboy Marko's
book I never chew.

— from The Caterpillar

blagdan ili spomendan · feast or anniversary   ✒ napisano na taj dan · written on that day