Ivan Benak

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

Prigodne pjesme i posvete

Kad ispuni televizor želje

Occasional verse and dedications

When the Television Grants Wishes

Ja pozdravljam voditelja Laca,koji vodi SLAVONSKO VESELJE,a sa njime gospodina ŽACA,slušati ih to su prave želje.

My warm greetings go to Laco, whohosts Slavonsko veselje for us here,and to Mister Žac, beside him too:they're the ones we truly wish to hear.

Predivne su ovo emisije,najljepše su Osječkoga kraja.A čarobni osmijeh Cecilije,to je dio zemaljskoga raja.

How wonderful these programmes are to see,the finest in the Osijek region found;and Cecilija's magic smile, to me,is part of heaven on this earthly ground.

Svako mjesto tamburaša ima,Slavoniji ljepotu su dali,glazbom srca otvorili svima,Šokadiju svirkom uljepšali.

Every place has its tamburica band;they have given Slavonia its grace,opened hearts with music through the land,made Šokadija a lovelier place.

Slavonijom kada petak svane,slušatelji telefonom jave,bilo ljetne ili zimske dane,to su za nas emisije prave.

When the Friday dawns, the phones resound:listeners across Slavonia call;summer days or winter, all year round,these are proper programmes for us all.

Cecilija subotu ukrasi,i programu svu ljepotu daje,svaki žamor u kući se gasi,u grudima sva milina traje.

Cecilija adorns our Saturdayand gives all its beauty to the show;in the house each murmur dies away,in our hearts the sweetness stays aglow.

A nedjeljom SLAVONSKO VESELJEtamburaši naše Slavonije,ispunit će svakom Šokcu željeneka ovo što duže potraje!

Sundays bring Slavonsko veselje near:our Slavonian tamburas' songwill fulfil each wish a Šokac holds dear —long may it go on and still go strong!

Valpovo, 16. 04. 2013.

Valpovo, April 16, 2013

Translator's note. Slavonsko veselje (“Slavonian Merriment”) is a tamburica music programme on Osijek television; Laco, Žac and Cecilija present its folk-music shows.