Ivan Benak

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

Prigodne pjesme i posvete

Ovu knjigu dajem ženi

Occasional verse and dedications

I Give This Book to a Woman

Na njedrima Slavonske ravnice,to je bilo davne godinice,selo Koška tu se izgradila,stanovnika dosta iznjedrila.

On the plain, upon Slavonia's breast,long ago, in years now laid to rest,Koška village there was built and grew,and it brought forth people, not a few.

U tom mjestu živi jedna žena,prijatna je osobina njena.Bjelka Vesna poznata je svima,tu vrlinu gospa Vesna ima.

In that place a certain woman dwells;in a pleasant nature she excels.Bjelka Vesna is known to all around;in Mrs Vesna that fine trait is found.

Rado skuplja i želja joj jakakolekcije poštanskih maraka.A posebno bavi se čitanjem,ovu knjigu s ljubavlju joj dajem.

Gladly, and with keen and strong desire,postage-stamp collections she'll acquire.And above all, she loves to read; and sowith my love this book I now bestow.

"Da nestane, Vesna, Vaših briga,evo Vama ova lijepa knjiga,od "POETA" to je zbirna knjiga:to je poklon samog UREDNIKA!"

"Vesna, so your cares may fade away,here's this lovely book for you today:from "POETA", an anthology's bouquet,a gift the EDITOR himself sends your way!"

Valpovo, 30. 06. 2013.

Valpovo, June 30, 2013

Translator's note. Written in a copy of Snovi stihom izvezeni (Dreams Embroidered in Verse), the anthology of the Valpovo poets' society POETA, which he edited. Koška is a Slavonian village.