Ivan Benak

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

Ljubavne pjesme

Ja te volim

Love poems

I Love You

Svalio se kamen,kamen sudbinena grudi moje,pa mi srce smrvi.Zašto nisam tvoj,draga, samo tvoj?Ljubavi moja,jedini i prvi.Zašto mi srcena komade parašu ovom časukad te silno želim?Zašto mi bolinanosiš i stvaraš?A ja te volim,želim, bićem cijelim!

A stone has tumbled,the stone of fate,upon my breast,and my heart has burst.Why am I not yours,darling, only yours?My love, my own,your only one, your first.Why do you tearmy heart to piecesin this very hourwhen I want you, body and soul?Why do you cause mepain that still increases?And yet I love you,want you, with my being whole!

Valpovo, 20. 03. 1975.

Valpovo, March 20, 1975