Draga generacijo!
My Dear Generation!
Sretnu Novu svima vama želimPuno sreće, zdravlja i veseljaDragi moji prijatelji miliS najdražima u ljubavi bili.
Happy New Year, all of you, I wish,lots of luck, good health, and merriment;my dear friends, so cherished and so true,live in love with those most dear to you.
Pratili vas samo sretni daniNek vam bude bolje nego laniMeđu sobom svi u bratstvu biliSvoje snove sretno ostvarili.
May you only have good days in store,may this year be better than before;live in brotherhood among you all,may your dreams come true, both great and small.
Bolji standard donio vam slavuJa vam želim mirovinu pravuA ne ovu jadnu crkavicuTrošili je cijelu godinicu.
May a better standard bring you fame,I wish you a real pension worth the name,not the wretched pittance you've got here,but enough to spend throughout the year.
Među ljudstvom neka sloga vladaNe bilo vam staračkoga jadaDa se lakše u životu dišeI ratova da ne bude više.
May among all folk accord hold sway,may the woes of old age stay away,so that breathing's easier in life,and no more of wars and all their strife.
Prođe Božić i godina NovaProjurio i Valentin svetiA godine na pleća se nižuJer nam život kao strijela leti.
Christmas and the New Year went their way,and Saint Valentine went racing past,and the years upon our shoulders pile,for like an arrow life is flying fast.
Svi u zdravlju sreću uživaliGodinicu u ljepoti sniliVedri dani veseli bez radaNe tražite Svetog Petra vrata.
May you all enjoy good health and cheer,dream in beauty all the coming year,bright and merry days, and work can wait:don't go looking for Saint Peter's gate.
Put života bio vam što dužiVašem biću neka sretno služiOva želja neka vas veseliTo vam pjesnik Benak Ivo želi.
May your road of life run long and far,serving happily the one you are;may this wish of mine bring you good cheer,sent by poet Benak Ivo here.
Valpovo, 22. 12. 2013.
Valpovo, December 22, 2013