Andrić Iliji
Occasional verse and dedications
To Ilija Andrić
CVELFERIJO NA SVEMU TI HVALALJEPOTU SI SLAVONIJI DALA
CVELFERIJA, FOR ALL, MY THANKS ARE DUE:SLAVONIA GOT HER BEAUTY FROM YOU.
CVELFERIJO, dično ti je ime,nema nigdje ljepše ni milije,to je mjesto Andrića Ilije,Drenovci su centar CVELFERIJE!
CVELFERIJA, your name is proud and fine,there's nowhere lovelier, no place so dear;the home of Andrić Ilija is here,Drenovci is the heart of CVELFERIJA!
Hvala Tebi Ilija,na predivnim riječima!Na stranici knjige ove,sto šezdeset tri se zove.Odavno smo, Ile, mi,prijatelji iskreni.Sve što si napisao,znam da nije šala,zato Tebi iskreno:od sveg srca HVALA!
Thank you, Ilija, my friend,for the lovely words you penned!On a page within this book,one hundred sixty-three: look!Ile, for so long, we twohave been friends sincere and true.All you wrote, I know it,was no joke on your part;so to you, sincerely:THANKS with all my heart!
Valpovo, 23. 06. 2010.
Valpovo, June 23, 2010