Ivan Benak

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

Pjesme za djecu

Gusjenica

iz knjige Zekina sreća (1990.)

Poems for children

The Caterpillar

from the book Bunny's Luck (1990)

Ilustracija iz knjige Zekina sreća (2007.), ilustrirali Jadranka Berak i Ivan Francuz · Illustration from Bunny's Luck (2007), by Jadranka Berak and Ivan Francuz

Ja sam malagusjenica.Jedem lišće,istina je cijela,no, list knjigeđaka Markanikad nisam jela.

I'm a littlecaterpillar.I eat leaves,every word is true,but the leaf ofschoolboy Marko'sbook I never chew.

Translator's note. In Croatian, as in English, list is both a leaf of a tree and a leaf of a book.