Ivan Benak

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

Obiteljski kutak

Obitelji Semialjac!

Family corner

To the Semialjac Family!

PRIJO!Da ti budu ljepši sati,a dosada da se skrati.Dobro zdravlje Bog će dati,ja to želim priji Kati,pa druženja i veselja,autorova to je želja.

PRIJA!May your hours be sweet each day,and your boredom slip away;God will send good health your way:Prija Kata, this I pray;friendship, and a merry time:that's the author's wish in rhyme.

ŽELJKICE!Kada budeš čedo svoje,u naručju milovala,kada ne znaš od dragosti,što bi Karli darovala,draga dužnost nek' je ova:svaku večer prije snova,iz ove knjige čitaj štiva,da ti Karla ljepše sniva.

ŽELJKICA!When your child, your little one,in your arms you hold so near,when, for love, you cannot tellwhat to give your Karla dear,this dear duty you should keep:every night before her sleep,from this book read her a song,so that Karla's dreams are sweet and long.

ZDRAVKO!U životu sretan bio,svoje snove ostvario,iskreno ti želi Ivo,što je pis'o ovo štivo!

ZDRAVKO!May your life be happy too,and may all your dreams come true:Ivo wishes it, sincere,he who wrote the verses here!

Neka vam se sreća javlja,maloj Karli puno zdravlja.Svi u kući sretni bilii vesele snove snili.

May good fortune come your way,little Karla, health each day.May all in your house be blessed,dreaming merry dreams at rest.

Ne bilo vam nikad krivo,to vam želi: Djeda Ivo!

May you never have to rue:this, Grandpa Ivo wishes you!

Valpovo, 24. 07. 2010.

Valpovo, July 24, 2010

Translator's note. Written in a copy of his book Stihom kroz život. A prija is the mother of one's child's spouse, a relationship Croatian names with its own word.