Ivan Benak

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

Duhovne pjesme

Hvaljen Isus, Majko naša

Spiritual poems

Praised Be Jesus, Our Mother

Hvaljen Isus Majko naša,što utjehu daješ svima.Dolazimo u pohode,već stotinjak ljeta ima.

Praised be Jesus, our dear Mother,you who comfort one and all.Now for nigh a hundred summerswe have come to pay our call.

Na istoku Slavonije,Prkovci su selo malo.Gospi Lurdskoj i svetištusvoj je obol selo dalo.

In the east of Slavonialies Prkovci, small but blessed;to the Lourdes shrine of Our Ladyit has given of its best.

Mnogi ljudi na svetištu,svetoj Gospi zavjet daju.Da l' zbog bola ili jada,kakav problem već imaju.

Many people at the shrine thereto Our Lady make a vow,be it out of pain or sorrowor whatever grieves them now.

Tu na tome hodočašću,ispovijed su mnogi dali,primili su pričest svetu,dušu svoju okajali.

On that pilgrimage, the faithfulwent to make confession there,took the Holy Communion,and atoned for sin in prayer.

Po dolasku domu svome,danima bi raspravljali,Gospi su se povjerili,u srcu su sretni bili.

When at last they came back homeward,days on end they'd talk it through:in Our Lady they'd confided,and their hearts in joy abided.

Valpovo, 10. 08. 2010.

Valpovo, August 10, 2010

Translator's note. "Praised be Jesus" (Hvaljen Isus) is the traditional Catholic greeting in Croatia. Written for the pilgrimage of the village of Prkovci to a shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes.