Oj, Johane - zgubidane!
Oh, Johan, You Idler, You!
Ej, Jasmina baš Ti hvala!"KOMADA" si meni dala.Nisu snovi već je java,ta se lijepo umiljava.Osmijeh ima Mona Lize,kada grli nema krize.
Hey, Jasmina, thanks a lotfor the "DISH" that now I've got!Not a dream, but real as day,how she snuggles up this way!Mona Lisa's smiling double;in her arms there is no trouble.
Ej, Jasmina baš Ti hvala!Prijatelja si nazvala:„Oj Johane - ZGUBIDANE,Pane - bane i Cromane!“
Hey, Jasmina, thanks a lot!Look what name your friend has got:"Oh, Johan, you IDLER, you,Pane, bane and Cromane too!"
Dobar sam u školi bio,Romski nisam ja učio.Zato ne znam, tko Ti Pane,pa još bane i Cromane!!!
I was good at school, in fact,but Romani? That I lacked.So who's Pane, I can't tell,or bane, or Cromane as well!!!
Promocija moja mala,ugodu je Tebi dala!Zgubidanom me nazvala,zar je ovo zato HVALA?!
My small book launch, modest, slight,gave you pleasure and delight!IDLER's what you chose to write:is THIS THANKS, then? Is that right?!
Još na karti dalje piše:Moraju biti u skladu,vlastitim zapažanjima,uoči Velike Gospe.
And the card goes on to say:They must be in keepingwith one's own observations,on the eve of the Assumption.
Što si htjela time reći,ja ne mogu to doseći.Da li da se molim Bogu?Ništa pojmit ja ne mogu.
What you meant by that, my friend,I can't even comprehend.Should I pray to God on high?I can't grasp it, though I try.
Iskreno Ti sada velim,takva pisma ja ne želim.Prijatelj me, moraš znati:ZGUBIDANOM neće zvati.
Honestly, I'll say it here:letters like that? No, my dear!And a friend, you ought to know,won't call me an IDLER, no!
Pisat više ja ne mogu,Ti se lijepo moli Bogu.I za mene, sad izvoli,litaniju bar izmoli.
I can write no more; so then,pray to God, and say amen,and for me as well, please dosay a litany or two.
Da l' Ti pravo ili krivo,to Ti veli Benak Ivo.
Take it well or take it ill,this is Benak Ivo's will!
Valpovo, 16. 08. 2010.
Valpovo, August 16, 2010