Ivan Benak

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

Prigodne pjesme i posvete

Doček djece iz vrtića Bambi kod penzionera

Occasional verse and dedications

The Pensioners Welcome the Children of Bambi Kindergarten

Ovo nam je danas jedna draga sreća,Dobili smo goste iz Bambi vrtića.Dobro došli djeco u posjet k namaTo želimo isto i vašim tetama.Vi ste naša radost, nećemo to kritiI vama će djeco kod nas lijepo biti.Mi smo danas čuli jednu lijepu pričuO dobroj djeci u Bambi vrtiću.Zato što ste dobri u vrtiću biliU Bambi vrtiću lijepo se igraliDa ste bili dobri to su tete znale,Pa su Božićnjaku o vama pričale.Božićnjak je djeco danas ovdje bio,I tu je darove vama ostavio.Pa su naše tete poklon spakovaleDa bi vama sada sa radošću dale.Mi ćemo se danas ovdje zabavljatiI bit će nam lijepo to morate znati.Da vam kažem djeco još ovo za sadaDa će kod nas biti bombona i slada.I još samo onu staru čića mićaNema više djeco, gotova je priča.

Today we have been given such a lovely treat:the Bambi Kindergarten children, guests so sweet!Dear children, welcome, who have come to us today,and to your aunties, too, the very same we say!You are our joy, we won't conceal it, not at all,and here with us, dear children, you will have a ball!Today we heard a lovely story being toldabout the Bambi children, who are good as gold.Because at kindergarten you were very good,and played at Bambi nicely, just the way you should,the aunties knew how very good you'd been, and sothey went to Father Christmas and they let him know.Father Christmas, children, came to us todayand left some presents for you here along his way.And so our aunties wrapped the presents up with care,so they can gladly give them now, to each a share.We're going to have such fun together, you can tell,and it'll be so lovely, as you know full well!And one more thing, dear children, let me tell you too:there will be sweets and candy here for all of you!And now the old words, as you know them: snip, snap, snout,no more, dear children, now the tale is all told out.

20.12.2013.

December 20, 2013

Translator's note. A Christmas visit of the Bambi kindergarten children to the pensioners' club. The children's teachers are the tete, "aunties"; Božićnjak, the Christmas gift-bringer, is rendered as Father Christmas. "Čića mića, gotova je priča" is the traditional rhyme that ends a Croatian children's story, like "snip, snap, snout, this tale's told out".