Ivan Benak

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

Radio burza

Kućica iz snova

iz knjige Stihom kroz život (2010.)

Radio market

A Little House of Dreams

from the book Through Life in Verse (2010)

Ja trosobni stan prodajem,u Belišću gradu,sa kuhinjom i podrumom,za obitelj mladu.

I'm selling a three-room homein Belišće town,with kitchen and a cellar,for young folk settling down.

U Gupčevoj uličicibroj pedeset i pet,kućica je skoro nova,neka znade svijet.

In little Gupčeva Streetat number fifty-five,the house is nearly new; let allthe world know, man alive!

U dvorištu travnjak, ružei garaža nova,višnje, orah i jabuke,kućica iz snova.

In the yard, a lawn and roses,a garage, new as well;sour cherries, walnut, apples:a dream house, truth to tell.

A kuća je obojena,bavalitom bijelim,kada kupac kuću kupi,ja se odmah selim.

And the house is painted overwith Bavalit, pure white;once a buyer buys the house,I'll move out that same night.

Podkućnica velika je,osamsto kvadrata,da ugodno dan provedeš,nakon teškog rada.

And the plot of land is big,eight hundred metres square,so after heavy work you'll spenda pleasant day out there.

Možda netko iz Osijeka,ovu kuću želi.Za dvosobni stan bih dao,nek nas Bog veseli.

Perhaps someone from Osijekmight want to live out here;I'd trade it for a two-room flat,may God bring us good cheer!

Javite se dragi kupci,bilo koji tjedan,čekat ću vas na telefon:652-821

Get in touch, my dearest buyers,whatever week's begun;I'll be there waiting by the phone:652-821

Valpovo, 10. 07. 2001.

Valpovo, July 10, 2001

Telefonski broj iz pjesme više nije u upotrebi.

The phone number in this poem is no longer in use.

Translator's note. A Radio burza verse ad. Belišće is the factory town next to Valpovo, and Bavalit is a Croatian brand of textured facade render.