Ivan Benak

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

Love poems

Just the Same

Kada si mi ljubav dala,rekla da me voliš jako,ja sam, mila, sretan bio,kao i ti, isto tako.

When you gave your love to me,said you loved me, all aflame,I was happy then, my darling,just as you were, just the same.

Često si mi govorila:"Uvijek ću te voljet žarko."Dao sam ti ljubav svojui ti meni, isto tako.

"Ardently I'll always love you,"often I would hear you claim.So I gave my love to you,and you gave me yours, the same.

Ludo smo se mi voljeli,mogao je vidjet svatko.Nježno sam ti šaputao,ti si rekla, isto tako.

Madly we two loved each other,plain to anyone who came;tenderly I whispered to you,and you told me just the same.

Kad si drugom usne dala,od tuge sam gorko plak'o.Još uvijek te volim, mila,kao nekad, isto tako!

When another had your kisses,bitter weeping shook my frame;even now I love you, darling,as I did once, just the same!

Valpovo, 06. 09. 1993.

Valpovo, September 6, 1993