Ja i moj međaš Josip
Me and My Neighbour Josip
Međaši smo bili u blizini,u predivnoj našoj Podravini,ja iz Sopja, a on iz Bakića,pradjedova naših to je priča.
We were neighbours, living close at hand,in our wondrous Podravina land;I'm a Sopje man, he's Bakić's own:that's our great-grandfathers' tale, well known.
Djetinjstvo smo proveli u igri,težak život, ali smo ga stigli.Mladenački prohujali dani,po svijetu smo bili razbacani.
We spent our childhood playing, day by day;a hard life, but we still made our way.Then the days of youth went rushing past,and round the world the two of us were cast.
Europa nam otvorila vratai pomogla k'o rođenog brata.Zbog potrebe mi smo uranili,odavno smo u Europi bili.
Europe opened up and let us in,helped us like a brother, her own kin.Need had made us set out early, sowe'd been out in Europe long ago.
Ona nam je ponudila sati,da se više od normalnog radi,u radu smo dio sebe dali,jer mi smo se ARBAJTERI zvali.
She offered us the hours, and we'd stayto work beyond a normal working day;we gave a part of us to work, and cameto bear ARBAJTERI as our name.
Stigli su nam i trenuci sreće,došlo vrijeme da se kući kreće.Domovino predivna i mila,uvijek si mi ti na srcu bila.
Moments of good fortune came our way;time had come to head for home to stay.Homeland, lovely, dear beyond compare,in my heart you always have been there.
U Jugi smo pomalo radilii na svome sretniji smo bili.Obitelj smo svoju osnovalii ljepotu svom životu dali.
In Yugo, too, we worked a little while,and on our own soil had more cause to smile;each of us a family would raiseand bring beauty into all our days.
Dani su nam lijepo prolazilii kućerak mi smo sagradili,rasla djeca, školu završili,skupa s njima presretni smo bili.
Pleasantly our days went passing through,and we built a little cottage too;children finished school as up they grew,and with them such happiness we knew.
Konačno nam došlo pravo stanje,kao ljudi imamo imanje.Mi na svome uživati znamo,u Hrvatskoj Europu imamo.
At last things came to how they ought to stand:like decent folk, we have our house and land.We know how to relish our own ground;here in Croatia Europe we have found.
U tom svemu ipak nešto smeta,sad brojimo časno višak ljeta.Nikada nam nije bilo bolje:u raj ćemo protiv svoje volje!
In all of this, though, one thing's in the way:we count, with honour, extra years today.It has never been so good for us, and still,off to paradise against our will!
Valpovo, 10. 07. 2013.
Valpovo, July 10, 2013