Ivan Benak

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

Radio burza

Plamenik na lož ulje

iz knjige Stihom kroz život (2010.)

Radio market

A Heating-Oil Burner

from the book Through Life in Verse (2010)

Na burzu se sada opet javljam,nisam prodo' pa oglas ponavljam.

Once more I'm on the Burza, here to say:unsold, I'm running the same ad today.

Na lož ulje grija' sam se prije,svake zime, eto sve do juče',a sada sam počeo sa plinom,prostorije grijat moje kuće.

I used to heat with heating oil before,each winter, right up until yesterday,but now I've switched, and started using gasto heat the rooms inside my house each day.

Na lož ulje osto' mi plamenikbeskorisno sad kod mene stoji,a u snazi dvadeset i osamefektivnih kilovata broji.

The oil burner is what I've got left over,it's standing useless here at home with me;it's got a power rating of twenty-eighteffective kilowatts, as you can see.

Može dalje stanove da grijeili možda sušaru montažnu.Plamenik je u odličnom stanju,on još ima energiju snažnu.

It could go on and heat apartments still,or a prefabricated drying-shed;the burner's in excellent condition,its energy still strong, it's far from dead.

Tko ga kupi, kajati se neće,čuvene je Švedske marke EKO.Za sto pedeset eura bih dao,ako mi se sada javi netko.

Whoever buys it won't regret it, no:it's EKO, the famous Swedish brand name.For a hundred fifty euros I'd let it go,if someone calls me now to stake a claim.

Još i pumpa što naftu pokrećei mišventil ide skupa s time,da iz tanka u plamenik teče,da ugodno bude preko zime.

There's the pump as well that makes the fuel go,and there's the mixing valve that goes along,so from the tank into the burner it can flow,and you'll be cosy all the winter long.

Moj telefon osto' je k'o prije;652 - osamsto dvadeset jedan,želim kupcu, da se toplo grije.

My phone has stayed the same as it was of old:652 - eight hundred twenty-one;I wish the buyer warmth against the cold.

Valpovo, 04. 12. 2000.

Valpovo, December 4, 2000

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, read on air a second time because the burner had not sold.