Belišćanski kotlić mali
The Little Cauldron of Belišće
Belišće je divan gradićsmjestio se pokraj Drave,industrijsko to je mjesto,proizvode razne prave.
Belišće, a lovely town,by the Drava you will find;it's a place of industry,making goods of every kind.
A radnička klasa, zna se,oduvijek je složna bila,pogotovo kad bi kakvazabava se dogodila.
And the working class, we know,always held together tight,all the more if some occasionfor a party came in sight.
Tisuću i nešto ljudida bi fešta nahranila,napraviti takav kotlićvruća im je želja bila.
So the fête could feed its guests,some one thousand, give or take,they were burning with one wish:such a cauldron they would make!
Ideju je Delač dao,Borić sredstva odobrio,a pogon je za popravketakav kotlić izradio.
Delač offered the idea,Borić saw the funding through,and the works' repair departmentbuilt a cauldron, all brand-new.
Dimenzije kotlića sukakve nećeš naći često:Metar visok, metar širok,a litara ima šesto!
And the cauldron's size is suchas you won't find everywhere:metre high and metre wide,and six hundred litres there!
Kako bi ga iznad vatresa varivom postavili,od pet coli jakih cijevinogare su napravili.
So that they could set it, fullof its stew, above the fire,out of sturdy five-inch pipingthey built legs to hold it higher.
I taj ponos belišćanskišto litara ima šesto,paprikaše, grah, čobanacSlavonijom kuha često.
And this pride of all Belišće,all six hundred litres, too,often cooks across Slavoniapaprikaš, čobanac, bean stew.
A kuhar je Josip Delačšto čobanac kuha vješto,tek onda je prava slogakada kotlić skuha nešto.
And the cook is Josip Delač,who makes čobanac with skill;only then there's true accord,when the cauldron cooks its fill.
Iz kotlića tog čuvenogdobar grah je s nama jeona Dan grada u Belišćui predsjednik Mesić Stevo.
From that cauldron of great fame,on the Day of Belišće Town,President Mesić, Stevo, ategood beans with us, sitting down.
Poželimo tom kotlićuda mu grana mira cvjeta,nek' čobanac dobar kuhai nahrani pola svijeta!
Let us wish this cauldron well:may its peace-branch bloom and spread;may it cook a good čobanacand see half the world well fed!
Valpovo, 04. 06. 2005.
Valpovo, June 4, 2005