Gospođi Zdenki Matejaš
Occasional verse and dedications
To Mrs Zdenka Matejaš
Poštovana gospa Zdenka!Ja Vas prije nisam znaoi prođoše deset danaZekinu Vam Sreću dao.
Most esteemed, dear Mrs Zdenka!I had never known you, true;now ten days have passed since Ihanded BUNNY'S LUCK to you.
Upoznah divnu ženu,njezino sam zvanje htio.Stvarajući ovu knjigu,djeci sam ju namijenio.
Then I met a lovely woman,with the calling close to my heart:as I made this book, I meant itfor the children from the start.
Sada šaljem drugu knjigu:SASTANAK se ŽABA zove.Siguran sam da će djeci,knjiga dati divne snove.
Now I send a second book,THE FROGS' MEETING, as it's known;I am sure that it will givechildren sweet dreams of their own.
Sastale se mnoge žabe,usred ove barske vode,iz sveg glasa kreketale,da se bore protiv rode.
Many frogs have come to meetin the pond, a noisy pack,croaking loud with all their mighthow to fight the stork's attack.
Zato knjigu ovu, Zdenka,morat ćete proučiti,da bi mogli Vi dječici,žablji problem objasniti.
That is why, dear Zdenka, youmust go through this book beforeyou can tell the little oneswhat the frogs are croaking for.
Sedamnaestog ovo slovim,VELJAČA se mjesec piše,dvije tisuće i trinaeste,jedna knjiga Zdenki više.
On the seventeenth I write this,in the month of FEBRUARY,in two thousand and thirteen:one more book for Zdenka's library.