Ivan Benak

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

Pjesme za djecu

Djetlić

iz knjiga Zekina sreća (1990.) i Stihom kroz život (2010.)

Poems for children

The Woodpecker

from the books Bunny's Luck (1990) and Through Life in Verse (2010)

Ilustracija iz knjige Zekina sreća (2007.), ilustrirali Jadranka Berak i Ivan Francuz · Illustration from Bunny's Luck (2007), by Jadranka Berak and Ivan Francuz

Jutros kad je kljucaoneki tvrdi dub,maloga je djetlićazabolio zub.

This morning, pecking ata hard oak (tough job!),the little woodpecker'stooth began to throb.

Oko njeg se sjatilasva elita stara,na kraju su pozvaliorla veterinara.

Round him flocked togetherall the old elite;and at last they called forEagle the vet, to treat.

Orao je djetlićudozu lijeka daoda bi opet drvokljucati mogao.

Eagle gave the woodpeckera little healing pill,so that he'd be peckingat wood again at will.