Ivan Benak

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

Šokicu sam napisao davno,još je moja mladost divno cvala,s njom sam često nastupao javno,svu ljepotu Šokica mi dala.

"Šokica" I wrote so long ago,when my youth was blooming, bright and fine;with her I performed in many a show,all her beauty Šokica made mine.

Na festival glazbe Pitomače,da se pjeva stigla je Šokica.Vrjednije to se sada shvaćai prati ju sa tambure žica.

Pitomača's festival has broughtŠokica, a song for them to sing;now her worth is more than once was thought,and she's carried by the tambura string.

Tu je pjesmu uglazbio Tuca,a Witovsky sad Šokicu pjeva.Od sreće mi srce snažno kuca,a milina u grudima sijeva.

Tuca put the music to the song,and Witovsky's singing her today;now my heart with happiness beats strong,and sweet lightning through my breast makes its way.

Valpovo, 07. 06. 2014.

Valpovo, June 7, 2014

Translator's note. "Šokica" was one of his early poems. Set to music by Tuca, it was sung by Witovsky at the music festival in Pitomača.