Belišće

iz knjige Stihom kroz život (2010.)

Belišće

from the book Through Life in Verse (2010)

Prostrla se tvornica kraj Drave,u dolini Slavonije ravne.Tu se razni proizvodi prave.Belišće je mjesto pokraj Drave.

By the Drava spreads a factory wide,in the valley of Slavonia's plain;here all kinds of goods are made inside.Belišće's the town by Drava's side.

Vrijedne ruke, tu su mudre glave,kao pčele svi marljivo radei svoj uspjeh svi jednako slave.Belišće je mjesto pokraj Drave.

Here are willing hands, and heads to guide;like the bees, they labour busily,and they all share in success with pride.Belišće's the town by Drava's side.

U naselju domovi se prave,kao gljive što na kiši niču,tu su cure garave i plave.Belišće je mjesto pokraj Drave.

Houses in the settlement multipliedlike the mushrooms springing up in rain;here the girls, both dark and fair, abide.Belišće's the town by Drava's side.

Jednom ljubljah djevojku kraj Drave.Pa i sada kada se tog sjetim,preda mnom su njene oči plave.Oj, Belišće mjesto pokraj Drave!

Once I loved a girl by Drava's side;even now, whenever I recall,her blue eyes before me open wide.Oh, Belišće, the town by Drava's side!

Valpovo, 1979.

Valpovo, 1979

Translator's note. Belišće is an industrial town on the Drava that grew up around the Gutmann timber works.