Ivan Benak

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

Ljubavne pjesme

Kad bi mogla da preletiš!

Love poems

If Only You Could Fly Across!

Oj, ljubavi, kad bi moglada preletiš nebo plavo!Za tvoj osmjeh i poljupce,vjeruj, dušo, sve bih dao.

Oh, my love, if you could onlyfly across the sky of blue!For your smile and for your kisses,all I'd give, my dear, to you.

Od radosti presahle biove suze pune tuge,što niz moje lice teku,ja ne tražim sreće druge.

Out of joy these tears would dry,tears that are so full of woe,running down my face; no otherhappiness I seek to know.

Da još jednom sretan budem,u naručju, u tvom krilu.I još jednom da okusim,tvoju ljubav slatku, milu.

Once again to be so happyin your arms, upon your knee,and once more to taste the sweetnessof your love, so dear to me.

Valpovo, 23. 03. 1975.

Valpovo, March 23, 1975