Ivan Benak

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

Radio burza

Bicikl Poni sada je u modi

iz knjige Stihom kroz život (2010.)

Radio market

The Poni Bike Is All the Rage

from the book Through Life in Verse (2010)

Ovim putem najavljujem svima,bicikl PONI kod mene ima.

Let everybody hear it, one and all:I've got a Poni bike here in my hall.

Neka naši slušaoci znaju,da je PONI sada za prodaju.

So let our listeners all know, far and near:the Poni bike is up for sale right here.

Niklovane, sjajne žbice ima,stabilan je, ništa se ne klima.

Its spokes are nickel-plated, shining bright;it's steady, nothing wobbles, all is tight.

Bicikl je narančaste boje,sve što treba PONI ima svoje.

The bike is painted orange all around;all that a Poni needs on it is found.

Paket-treger, blatobrane ima,pa i zvonce da se javi svima.

It has a rack and mudguards, and as well,to greet the passers-by, a little bell.

Dobre gume, napunjene zrakom,ugodan je, svidjet će se svakom.

Good tyres it has, pumped up with air to spare;it's comfy, and will please folk everywhere.

Ako sklona bude mi FORTUNA,prodat ću ga ja za dvjesto kuna.

If I'm in luck, and smiled on by Fortuna,I'll sell the bike for just two hundred kuna.

Dobar kupac, samo onaj pravi,na telefon neka mi se javi.

The proper buyer, just the one I need,should call me on the telephone with speed.

Na telefon moj valjan i vrijedan:šest, pet, dva, osamsto dvadeset jedan.

My telephone's a good one, second to none:six, five, two, eight hundred twenty-one.

Valpovo, 07. 05. 2005.

Valpovo, May 7, 2005

Telefonski broj iz pjesme više nije u upotrebi.

The phone number in this poem is no longer in use.

Translator's note. A Radio burza verse ad, addressed to the show's listeners. Poni was a popular small-wheeled Yugoslav bicycle.