Ivan Benak

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

Radio burza

Imam žensku bundu za prodaju

iz knjige Stihom kroz život (2010.)

Radio market

Lady's Fur Coat for Sale

from the book Through Life in Verse (2010)

Imam bundu od pravoga nerca,da joj nema na daleko premca.Stigla zima i godina nova,za prodaju bundica je ova.Nije stara, al' ni nova nije,topla bunda k'o pećica grije.Divna bunda, njegovana, fina,mili Bože, gledat ju milina.I šubaru koja dobro grije,sašivenu od krzna nutrije.I još krzno polarne lisice,mjesto šala da nose ženice.U kompletu dajem i lisicu,možda netko kupi za ženicu.Kad ju žena stavi oko vrata,vrjednija je od samih dukata.Sve zajedno prodao bih ženi,koja bi se sad javila meni.Devet stoja eura nek' sprema,jeftinije ni u Poljskoj nema.Ja prodajem dobre, fine stvari,moj telefon još uvijek je stari.Molim kupce ozbiljne i prave,neka mi se na telefon jave.6 5 2 - osamsto dvadeset jedan,ako prodam bit ću vrlo sretan.

I have a coat of real mink, rare to find:for miles around there's none of such a kind.The winter's here, the New Year's on its way,and so this little coat's for sale today.It isn't old, nor is it new, but stillit warms you like a stove against the chill.A lovely coat, well cared for, fine and neat;dear Lord, just looking at it is a treat!And a šubara, warm as it can be,sewn out of nutria fur, you'll get from me.And arctic fox's fur, a wrap so fair,instead of scarves, for little wives to wear.I'll add the fox into the set as well;perhaps some man will buy it for his belle.When round her neck a woman sets it, sheis worth more than gold ducats, you'll agree.I'd sell all this together to a wifewho'd ring me now: the bargain of her life!Nine hundred euros she should put aside;not even Poland's cheaper, far and wide.The things I sell are good ones, and they're fine;my phone's the same old number, the old line.I ask for serious buyers, and sincere,to ring me on the phone: I'm always here.6 5 2 - eight hundred twenty-one,I'll be so happy when the sale is done!

Valpovo, 10. 09. 2000.

Valpovo, September 10, 2000

Telefonski broj iz pjesme više nije u upotrebi.

The phone number in this poem is no longer in use.

Translator's note. One of his verse classified ads for "Radio burza", the swap-and-sell show on the local radio. He really did read them on air, and the phone number was his own. "Poland" refers to the cheap Polish traders' markets of the 1990s.