Ivan Benak

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

Obiteljski kutak

Na dan vjenčanja!

iz knjige Stihom kroz život (2010.)

Family corner

On Your Wedding Day!

from the book Through Life in Verse (2010)

U životu mome sve si bio meni,za tebe bih dao obje svoje ruke.Od ovoga trena ti pripadaš ženi,ja ti želim sreću, bez bola i muke.

You have been my everything throughout my life;for your sake I would give both my hands away;From this moment on, you belong to your wife;I wish you joy, without pain or torment on your way.

U ovome času ti ćeš gnijezdo sviti.Uskoro ćeš i ti svoje čedo zvati.Voli svoje bližnje i voljen ćeš biti.To ti želi: sestra, tvoj otac i mati.

In this very hour you will build your own nest;soon you'll call a child your own, a daughter or a son.Love those close to you, and you'll be loved and blessed.So wish your sister, father, mother, all as one.

Valpovo, 28. 07. 1979.

Valpovo, July 28, 1979

Translator's note. Written for his son's wedding.