Ivan Benak

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

Domoljubne i zavičajne

Igra kolo na Ćimenu

Homeland and native region

The Kolo Dances on the Ćimen

Skupili se folkloraši,lijepe naše Šokadije,u Mar'jance na Ćimenu,Slavonsko se kolo vije.

Folklore dancers have assembledfrom our Šokadija fair;in Mar'janci, on the Ćimen,whirls Slavonia's kolo there.

Dv'je tisuće i trinaeste,sedamnaesto bit će ovo,naše KOLO NA ĆIMENUigrat će se na Petrovo.

Now, in two thousand and thirteen,it will be the seventeenth one;our own "Kolo on the Ćimen"on Petrovo will be spun.

Gledat ćemo sa ponosom,divnu smotru ovog ljeta,slavno KOLO NA ĆIMENU,tu ljepotu kako cvjeta.

We shall watch with pride this summersuch a splendid, festive show,famous "Kolo on the Ćimen",see its beauty bloom and grow.

Kad povorka selom prođezasviraju tamburaši,na Ćimenu kolo plešu,mnogobrojni folkloraši.

When the march goes through the village,then the tamburas start to play;on the Ćimen, in the kolo,countless dancers dance away.

Na godinu bit će isto,tako žele ljudi naši,na Ćimenu nek' se opetosamnaesto kolo praši.

Next year it will be the same,so our people hope and pray:on the Ćimen, let the eighteenthkolo raise the dust that day.

Sve dok bude Slavonijei Šokačkih tamburaša,igrat će se na Ćimenu,bit će smotra folkloraša.

While Slavonia remainsand our Šokac tambura men,they will dance upon the Ćimen,and the dancers meet again.

Valpovo, 2013.

Valpovo, 2013

Translator's note. Kolo na Ćimenu is the folklore festival held every year on the village green at Marijanci; Petrovo is St Peter's Day, 29 June.