Ivan Benak

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

Ljubavne pjesme

Nema više snova

Love poems

No More Dreams

Bili smo blizui tako sretni,onih prvih dana,kada smo se sreli.

We were so closeand oh so happyin those early dayswhen first we met.

Sada smo zajedno,a ipak daleko.Čitava vječnostnas dvoje dijeli.

Now we're together,and yet far apart;a whole eternitylies between us yet.

Pogledi našinekamo lete,u prazna prostranstvau daljine plave.

Our glancesfly off somewhere,into empty spaces,to the blue far away.

Ti pogledi suznipuni gorke jave.Nema više snova,samo bolne jave.

Those tearful glances,full of the bitter day.No more dreams are left,only the painful day.

Valpovo, 14. 08. 1982.

Valpovo, August 14, 1982