Ivan Benak

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

Ljubavne pjesme

Hrabra budi

Love poems

Be Brave

Kada mora iz snova te budi,kada tuga razara ti grudi,kada netko zbog ljubavi sudi,ti ne plači, nego hrabra budi.

When a nightmare wakes you from your rest,when your sorrow tears apart your breast,when someone condemns the love you've confessed,do not cry: be brave, and stand the test.

Kada tebi netko bol nanese,tada duša i mene zaboli.To ne može drugačije biti,jer moje te srce ludo voli.

When someone should cause you any pain,then my soul, too, hurts along with you;it could never be another way,for my heart loves you madly, through and through.

Da bol tvoju podijelim, dozvoli,kad sam radost, sad mogu i tugu,tvoja rana i mene zaboli,nikada neću zavoljeti drugu.

Let me share the pain that you go through;since I shared your joy, your grief I'll bear;every wound of yours will hurt me too;I'll love no other woman anywhere.

Valpovo, 08. 08. 1987.

Valpovo, August 8, 1987