Ivan Benak

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

Love poems

Tenderness

Pogled ti je nježan, bistar,što me grije sve do srži.Ruka tako topla, meka,sve dok moju ruku drži.

Tender is your gaze, and clear,warming me right to the bone;and your hand, so warm and soft,all the while it holds my own.

Usne drhte od poljupca,podatne i tako slatke.Obrazi ko ruža nježni,grudi tvoje oble, glatke.

Lips that tremble from a kiss,yielding, sweet beyond compare;cheeks as tender as a rose,and your breasts, round, smooth and fair.

Prođu dani kao sjena,u brizi i stalnom radu.Divan život uz poljupce,i predivnu slatku nadu.

Days go by just like a shadow,toiling, worried, as we cope;lovely is a life with kissesand a sweet and wondrous hope.

Zaboravi na čas brige,što ti dnevno dušu tište.Pruži ljubav tijelu svome,bar onda kad srce ište.

Put aside a while the worriesthat weigh down your soul each day;give your body love, at leastwhen your heart would have its way.

Valpovo, 18. 11. 1975.

Valpovo, November 18, 1975