Ivan Benak

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

Ljubavne pjesme

Koliko htjenja

Love poems

So Much Longing

Koliko htjenja u noći toj!Bar da se usne spoje.A tebe nema u ovom trenu,tužno je srce moje.

Oh, how much longing in that night!If our lips at least could meet!But you're not here with me this moment,and my heart is sad, my sweet.

Znam da će tople i tužne suze,umivati lice tvoje.Biti sada u naručju tvome,žarke su želje moje.

Warm and sorrowful, I know, the teardropswill be washing down your face.Now, this moment, to be in your arms:how I burn for that embrace!

Valpovo, 22. 01. 1991.

Valpovo, January 22, 1991