Draga generacijo
My Dear Generation
Da biste me javno upoznalii o meni pravo stanje znali,reći ću vam sada ime mojei podatke stvarne dati svoje.
So that publicly you know my faceand the true facts of my present case,here's my name, I'll tell it to you straight,and my real particulars I'll state.
Ivan Benak to je moje ime,ja sam pjesnik koji piše rime,ulica se moja pisat mora:Pejačević naša slavna Dora.
Ivan Benak, that's my name, and I'ma poet who writes verses all in rhyme;then my street, which must be written down:Pejačević, our Dora of renown.
Ako netko hoće da me traži,moje kuće broj pet za sad važi,još dodajte ovdje mjesto moje:eto, znajte, slavno Valpovo je.
If there's anyone who'd seek me out,number five's my house for now, no doubt;add my town here, too, and you will know:there it is, the famous Valpovo!
Sve najbolje sada vama želim,jer sa vama i ja ljeta dijelim,mladost moja više mi ne cvijetai ja imam osamdeset ljeta.
All the best I wish you, every friend,for with you my years I share and spend;my own youth no longer blooms, and Itoo have eighty summers now gone by.
Pratila vas i radost i sreća,mirovina bila vam što veća,zdrava ljeta nek' vam sretno služe,mirovinu primali što duže.
May both joy and happiness be near,and your pension bigger every year;may your healthy summers serve you well,draw your pension for the longest spell.
Ne bih više, toliko za sada,ne tražite svetog Petra vrata.Eto, to je sve što vama želim,vašoj sreći i ja se veselim!
I'll stop there: that's all for now to state;don't go looking for Saint Peter's gate.There, that's all I wish for all of you:in your happiness I'm joyful too!
Valpovo, 16. 11. 2011.
Valpovo, November 16, 2011