Ivan Benak

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

Domoljubne i zavičajne

Destinacije Valpovštine

Homeland and native region

Destinations of Valpovština

Valpovština Info piše,na početku stoji jasno.Sva naselja Valpovštinekoja ovdje žive časno.

Valpovština Info writes it,stating plainly, first of all:every place in Valpovštinalives with honour, great and small.

Na zapadu Valpovštine,na domaku Karašici,spojili se i poštuju,selo Gat i Veliškovci.

Westward in Valpovština,close by Karašica's stream,Gat and Veliškovci villagelive as one, in high esteem.

Pa krenimo sad na istok:desno stoje Tiborjanci,malo dalje Vinogradci,a lijevo su Kitišanci.

Let us head off eastward now:on the right stands Tiborjanci,Vinogradci, farther on,on the left lies Kitišanci.

Bocanjevci i Gorica,ljudi žive tu u slozi,od njih dalje ceste nema,na njivu ih traktor vozi.

Bocanjevci and Gorica:here in concord folk abide;there's no road beyond them, soto the fields by tractor they ride.

Bistrinčani godinamaza svetište Ane znaju,mnogi ljudi ovog krajaSvetoj Ani zavjet daju.

Bistrinci's folk for years have knownof the shrine Saint Anne has there;many people of this regionmake their vows to her in prayer.

Od Gutmanskih slavnih dana,Belišće je radno bilo,industrijska to je zona,Valpovštinu zaposlilo.

Since the Gutmanns' glorious time,Belišće's worked, day by day;an industrial zone, it givesValpovština work and pay.

Harkanovci od davnina,"BELA SELA" časno slave.Stanovništvo toga sela,sretno sniva zore plave.

Harkanovci, from of old,has kept "Bela Sela" true,and the people of that villagehappily dream of dawns of blue.

Ivanovci dično selo,Biskupa su časno dali.U Zelčinu često Miro,na KONJARI vatre pali.

Ivanovci, village proud,gave a Bishop, to its fame;out in Zelčin, Miro oftenat Konjara lights the flame.

Marjančaci su u kutu,ali ništa im ne fali.Sami su na svome putu,selo kao Pariz Mali.

Marjančaci's tucked away,yet it wants for nothing still;all alone, it goes its way:Little Paris, if you will!

Divno mjesto Lad'mirevcii ŠOVO se tu rodio.SOS je ovdje selo,pa tko ne bi tu živio.

Lad'mirevci's a lovely place,here our Šovo's life began;there's the SOS Village, too:who'd not live here, if he can?

Šag i Nard su jako blizui to nije ništa novo.Ljudi bi se i zbližili,asfalt nema Kosatovo.

Šag and Nard lie very near,that's no news to anyone;folk would get much closer, butin Kosatovo, asphalt? None!

Petr'jevačka "REPUBLIKA",napredna je uvijek bila.U naručje svoje, nježno,Satnicu je prigrlila.

Petr'jevci's "Republic" alwayswas progressive from the start;Satnica it has embraced,held it tender to its heart.

Samatovci su postranii Bizovcu pripadaju.Njima ništa i ne fali,kao drugi sve imaju.

Samatovci lies aside,under Bizovac's own name;nothing's lacking there: they've gotall the others have, the same.

Selo Selci i Cerovac,poznati su još od prije.Tu je ŠOVO filma snimo',"VOLIO GA SOKOL NIJE".

Selci village and Cerovaclong have been a well-known spot;here it was that Šovo filmedhis "Loved Him, Sokol Did Not".

Brođanci se sportom bave,tu se skače preko grede.Olimpijsko to je seloi pečeni vol se jede.

Brođanci goes in for sport:here they leap the beam with skill;it's an Olympic village, wherethey eat roasted ox their fill.

Habjanovci, Cret, Novaki,svatko živi sam za sebe.Da bi selo opstojalo,ponekad se rode bebe.

Habjanovci, Cret, Novaki:each one minds his own affairs;so the village may survive,now and then come little heirs.

Bizovac je Aquapolisi tu sviću zlatne zore.Turizmom se ljudi bave,jer imaju svoje more.

Bizovac is Aquapolis,here the golden dawns break through;tourism's the people's trade,for they've got their own sea, too.

Valpovo je centar svega.Divni park i dvorac ima.I Kulturni centar novi,za potrebe građanima.

Valpovo's the hub of all,with a park and castle grand,and a new Cultural Centreserving townsfolk, close at hand.

Godinama tu je raslo,dvadeset i sedam sela,na njedrima Slavonije,Valpovština to je cijela.

Year by year, here grew and spread,on Slavonia's bosom fair,twenty-seven villages:all Valpovština is there.

Valpovo, 23. 03. 2011.

Valpovo, March 23, 2011

Translator's note. A tongue-in-cheek tour of the 27 villages around Valpovo. "Šovo" is the actor Fabijan Šovagović (1932–2001), born in Ladimirevci, which also has an SOS Children's Village; the film is his "Sokol ga nije volio" (1988), quoted by the poet with the words turned round.