Ivan Benak

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

Prigodne pjesme i posvete

Pjesnikova želja

2011.

JA VAM DJECO DONOSIM PROLJEĆETOPLO VRIJEME I MIRISNO CVIJEĆE!

DEAR CHILDREN, HERE'S THE SPRING I BRING TO YOU:WARM WEATHER, AND SWEET-SCENTED FLOWERS TOO!

Da Vam kažem, djeco mila,oduvjek mi želja bila,da u selo Sopje priđem,Vašu školu da obiđem.

Let me tell you, children dear,long I've wished that I'd come here,that to Sopje I might go,and your school I'd get to know.

Na puno sam mjesta bio,mnogo škola pohodio,ali često ja sam snio,da bi Vašu posjetio.

Many places I've been through,many schools I've visited too,yet the dream I often knewwas that I would visit you.

Ono što je pjesnik snio,sanak mu se ostvario.Sada mi je želja živa,da sa Vama čitam štiva.

What the poet dreamed he'd do,now that little dream's come true.Now my wish is keen and clear:reading verses with you here.

Pjesmice iz mojih knjiga,to će biti moja dika.Iskrena je moja želja,pružiti Vam sat veselja.

From my books, each little rhyme:that will be my pride this time.And my heartfelt wish is one:give you all an hour of fun.

21. 03. 2011.

March 21, 2011

Translator's note. Written for his visit to the primary school in Sopje, his native village, on March 21, 2011, the first day of spring.