Msgr. Luki Marjanoviću, prof.
Occasional verse and dedications
To Msgr. Luka Marjanović, Prof.
U Đakovu jednog gospodnjega ljeta,obišla se tada katedrala sveta.
In Đakovo, in a certain year of grace,we toured the holy cathedral of the place.
Pjesnici su bili gosti Đakovštine,slušali su tiho sveto predavanje.
The poets came as guests to Đakovo's land, and therethey heard in quiet a sacred lecture, given with care.
Ima puno stvari koje nisam znao,Monsinjoru Luki ja sam knjigu dao.
There were so many things that I had never known;I gave Monsignor Luka then a book of my own.
I prođoše zatim nekoliko dana,pa navrati poštar do mojega stana.
And then there passed a few days, no more than that,until the postman came around to my own flat.
Donio mi pismo, divnog sadržaja,što mi pruži sreću zemaljskoga raja.
He brought a letter, wonderful in every line,that made the joy of earthly paradise all mine.
Ovo divno pismo, ideju mi spasi,u mom novom tisku, sad mi knjigu krasi.
This wondrous letter saved the idea I'd begun;it graces now my book, the newly printed one.
Msgr. Luki Marjanoviću, sada knjigu šaljem,od sveg srca ja mu novu knjigu dajem.
To Msgr. Luka Marjanović I send this book of mine,with all my heart I give him my new book, each line.
JEDNOG DANA. U ĐAKOVUJA PODARIH KNJIGU SVOJUMsgr. LUKI MARJANOVIĆUAUTOR!
ONE DAY. IN ĐAKOVOI GAVE THIS BOOK OF MINETO Msgr. LUKA MARJANOVIĆTHE AUTHOR!
Valpovo, 18. 06. 2010.
Valpovo, June 18, 2010