Dragi moji prijatelji
Occasional verse and dedications
My Dear Friends
Dobro došli, dragi gosti!Poštovane PERUNIKE,milozvučnim svojim glasomIvankovu Vi ste dike!
Welcome, welcome, guests so dear!With your voices sweet and bright,honoured PERUNIKE, youare Ivankovo's delight!
Sa dolaskom svojim danas,Valpovo ste upoznali,a posjetu mome domu,veliku mi počast dali.
Coming here to us today,you've met Valpovo face to face;and your visit to my homedoes me honour, does me grace.
Već je prošlo dosta ljetakako smo se upoznali.Svojim radom Vi ste časnomoja djela uljepšali.
Many summers now have passedsince the time when first we met;through your work, with honour, youmade my verses lovelier yet.
Na svu radost srcu mome,prijatelji smo postali.Vi ste mnogo mojih djela„A KAPELA“ otpjevali!
To my heart's delight and cheerwe've become good friends and true;many pieces of my workyou have sung "A CAPPELLA" through!
ŠOKICA je kao prvasvu ljepotu meni dala,zatim MAČAK pa i PRIJAdivnim glasom odzvanjala.
ŠOKICA, the first of them,gave me all its beauty there;then came MAČAK, then came PRIJA,ringing with a voice so fair.
Još mnoge su moje pjesmePERUNIKE otpjevale.Mnogo puta Slavonijomdivni uspjeh ste imale.
Many other songs of minePERUNIKE sang with pride;many times throughout Slavoniayou've had triumph far and wide.
Na ovome divnom darušto je meni sudba dala,drage moje PERUNIKE,od svega Vam srca hvala!
For this wondrous gift that fatechose to send along my way,PERUNIKE, dear to me,heartfelt thanks to you I say!
Ja Vas molim PERUNIKE,svu ljepotu što nam daje,ovo naše prijateljstvoneka dugo, dugo traje!
PERUNIKE, this I ask:with the beauty it can lend,may this friendship that is ourslast and last, and never end!
Valpovo, 17. 09. 2013.
Valpovo, September 17, 2013