Ivan Benak

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

Ljubavne pjesme

Dođi u zagrljaj

Love poems

Come Into My Arms

Misli moje, voljena,sa željom k' tebi hrle,ruke moje htjele binježno da te grle.

My thoughts, my own beloved,with longing rush to you;my arms would love to hold youso tenderly and true.

Ti ne znaš patnju srca,ni boli mojih grudi,jer pogled oka tvogau meni čežnju budi.

You cannot know my heartache,nor the pain my breast holds deep,for just a glance of your eyeswakes longing from its sleep.

Zato dođi, voljena,u nježni zagrljaj,da te ljubim, milujem,jer ja te volim znaj.

So come to me, beloved,into my arms, come near,that I may kiss, caress you,and know I love you, dear.

Valpovo, 20. 08. 1982.

Valpovo, August 20, 1982