Kitišanci
Kitišanci
Kitišanci selo malo,na kartama ne postoji,tek stotinjak kuća ima,al' godina puno broji.
Kitišanci, little village,on no map will it appear;just a hundred houses has it,but it counts full many a year.
Tisućutristo devedeset šeste,vladali su Mađaroni.Spominje se ovdje pusta,po imenu Kustahoni.
In one thousandthree hundred and ninety-six,Magyar lords held rule and sway;there's a mention of a wasteland,Kustahoni, so they say.
Stoljeća su prolazila.Povijesni nam kažu znanci,tisućuosamsto šezdeset osme,stoji ime Kitišanci.
Centuries went rolling by;as the chroniclers proclaim,in one thousandeight hundred and sixty-eightKitišanci is the name.
Doselili sa svih strana,izgradili kuće ljudi,udobno se tu smjestili,pošten narod, mirne ćudi.
From all sides the settlers came here,built their houses, spent their days,settled comfortably in them,honest folk of gentle ways.
Selo malo, al' ponosno,svi u njemu vrijedno rade.Odlučili dični ljudi,bogomolju da sagrade.
Small the village, but a proud one,all who live there toil with care;and its worthy folk decidedthey would build a house of prayer.
Tisućudevetsto osamdeset šeste,na šestotom rođendanu,rekoše da oltar bude,u čast svetome Ivanu.
In one thousandnine hundred and eighty-six,they resolved, and settled on,for its six-hundredth birthday,a new altar to Saint John.
U Hrvatskoj rat još traje,topovska se rika čuje.Složan narod ovog sela,materijal naručuje.
War in Croatia still is raging,roar of cannon fills the ear;one in heart, the village peopleorder brick and timber here.
Tisućudevetsto devedeset druge,temelji su postavljeni.Svetom misom zahvalnicom,radovi su posvećeni.
In one thousandnine hundred and ninety-twothe foundations then were laid;with a Mass of glad thanksgivingblessing on the work was prayed.
Tek godina i pol minei odjeknu zvona jeka.Ovo zdanje bogom dano,sa radošću narod čeka.
Scarce a year and a half had passedand the bells rang out their peal;this fair building, God-bestowed,people wait with joyful zeal.
Tisućudevetsto devedeset treće,na dvanaestoga prosinca.Misom svetog blagoslova,posvećena je crkvica.
In one thousandnine hundred and ninety-three,twelfth December, long awaited,with a holy Mass of blessingthe small church was consecrated.
Oh, posveti, Bože ruke,koje su ti hram dizali,da bi naša pokoljenja,za blagoslov božji znali.
Sanctify, O God, the handsthat have raised this house to you,so that all our generationsmay come to know God's blessing too.
I neka je puno hvala,svim ljudima ovog kraja,koji su svoj obol dali,za taj kutak svetog raja.
And may many thanks be givento all folk who live nearby,who have offered up their mitefor this nook of heaven high.
Valpovo, 11. 12. 1993.
Valpovo, December 11, 1993