Ivan Benak

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

Pjesme za djecu

Pijani mravojed

iz knjige Žablji sastanak (2005.)

Poems for children

The Drunken Anteater

from the book The Frogs' Meeting (2005)

Opio se mravojed,pa pomisli: baš sam šik!

The anteater got drunk and thought:"Oh, I'm looking really slick!"

Za večeru mjesto mravaprogutao prljav – čik.

For his supper, not an ant:he gulped a grubby butt. How sick!

U glavi mu sada zuji,u trbuhu krči – hik!

Now inside his head it's buzzing,and his tummy rumbles: hic!