Ivan Benak

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

Ljubavne pjesme

Hodi, mjeseče, zvijezdama

iz knjige Stihom kroz život (2010.)

Love poems

Walk, O Moon, Among the Stars

from the book Through Life in Verse (2010)

Zasjao mjesec srebrni,svud viri taj bećar stari,gleda nježno milovanjai druge ljubavne stvari.

Now the silver moon shines out;peeping everywhere above,that old bećar eyes caressesand the other things of love.

Molim te, mjeseče sjajni,ne svijetli ove noći,kad poljubim dragu moju,ti možeš opet doći.

Shining moon, I beg you, please,do not shine for us tonight;when I've kissed my darling, thenyou may come back into sight.

Moja je dragana mlada,ona se, mjeseče, stidi,dok je ljubim i milujem,ne želi da je tko vidi.

For my darling girl is young,and, O moon, she's bashful, shy;while I kiss her and caress her,she wants no one there to spy.

Hodi, mjeseče, zvijezdama,potraži Danicu svoju.Ugasi fenjer večeras,dok ljubim voljenu moju.

Walk, O moon, among the stars,seek your Danica, your own;put your lantern out tonightwhile I kiss my love alone.

Valpovo, 25.07.1989.

Valpovo, July 25, 1989

Translator's note. A bećar is a carefree village rake. Danica is the Morning Star (Venus), in folk song the moon's beloved.