Ivan Benak

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

Humoristične pjesme

Garavušama, nema više baraba

Humorous poems

To the Garavuše: "No More Rascals"

GARAVUŠE od miline poje,da BEĆARI više ne postoje.Ni BARABA nema da se druže,GARAVUŠE da im ljubav pruže.

The GARAVUŠE sing with sweet delightthat there are no more BEĆARS left in sight,nor any RASCALS left to join their play,for GARAVUŠE to give their love away.

Pogledajte tamburaše mlade,što u zboru tamburicom rade.Eto, to su BARABE i LOLE,svaku ženu ti BEĆARI vole.

Just look at all the young ones in the bandswho play tamburica with busy hands.Why, there you have them: RASCALS, ROGUES galore,the BEĆARS, every woman they adore!

Da nabrojim zborova što ima,ja vjerujem prošla bi i zima.GARAVUŠA oni pjesmu znaju,te BARABE milo ih gledaju.

If I should list the bands there are, all told,I think the winter'd pass, with all its cold.The GARAVUŠE's song they know by heart;those RASCALS watch them fondly, for their part.

Drage moje GARAVUŠE mile,ne znam gdje ste vi do sada bile.Iskreno vam sada kažem svima:DA BEĆARA I BARABA IMA!

My dear and darling GARAVUŠE, say:where have you been, I wonder, till today?I tell you all sincerely, loud and clear:THERE ARE STILL BEĆARS, AND STILL RASCALS, HERE!

Valpovo, 10. 01. 2013.

Valpovo, January 10, 2013

Translator's note. The Garavuše ("dark-haired girls") are a women's singing group whose song says there are no more bećars or barabe (rascals). He answers them.