Ivan Benak

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

Radio burza

Oj, oraje, oraje

Radio market

Oh, Walnut, Walnut Tree

Ako netko trebaod oraha drvo,neka mi se javi,na telefon prvo.

If anyone needssome walnut for wood,just call me up firston the phone, as you should.

Šesto pedeset i dva,osamsto dvadeset jedan,to je moj telefon,a stalno je vrijedan.

Six hundred fifty-two,eight hundred twenty-one,that's my telephone,and its work is never done.

Ja bih orah daoda ga netko sruši,jer ustvari menion više ne služi.

I'd give the walnut treeto one who'll lay it flat,since really, for meit's no use, and that's that.

Orah dobro rodiima jezgru pravu,ali baba veli:ne za sijedu glavu.

The walnut bears well,with kernels just right,but granny just says:"Not for heads gone white."

Još mi baba kaže:e, moj djeda sijedi,ni oraha ljuska,više ti ne vrijedi.

And granny says, too:"Eh, my grandad grey,not a walnut shellwill serve you today."

Valpovo, 29. 11. 2011.

Valpovo, November 29, 2011

Telefonski broj iz pjesme više nije u upotrebi.

The phone number in this poem is no longer in use.

Translator's note. A verse ad for Radio burza: he is giving the walnut tree away to whoever will cut it down.