Ivan Benak

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

Topli pozdrav vama želi sada:pjesnik Ivo iz Valpova grada.Svu ljepotu Đondiru sam dao,nemam Đondir, pa mi jako žao.I Color sam napisao Vama.Žao mi je što stojite sama.Da je Đondir u Coloru javnoi svirači da sviraju slavnoi telefon da zvoni k'o sada,pune ruke imali bi radai svi kupci bili bi sa Vama,vjerujte mi, ne bi bila sama.Eto, to je što Vam Ivo veli:sve najbolje od srca Vam želi!

Now warm greetings he would like to send:Ivo, poet of Valpovo town, your friend.To Đondir I gave all the beauty I had;I've no Đondir now, and I am very sad.And Color I have written for you, dear;I'm sorry that you stand alone right here.If Đondir came to Color, clear and loud,and players played there, glorious and proud,and if the phone kept ringing, as today,you'd have your hands full, working all the day,and all the customers would be with you, dear;believe me, you'd not stand alone right here.Well, that is what your Ivo has to tell:with all his heart, he wishes you so well!

Valpovo, 15. 06. 2013.

Valpovo, June 15, 2013

Translator's note. Đondir and Color appear to be local businesses for which he had written verses; the exact story is not known.