Poštovana gospođo Ana!
Occasional verse and dedications
Dear Madam Ana!
Sretnu Novu sada Vama želim,puno sreće, zdravlja i veselja!Dv'je tisuće četrnaesto ljeto,nek Vam bude uspješno i sretno!
A happy New Year now I wish to you,with lots of luck, and health, and gladness too!Two thousand fourteen: may that coming yearbe one of good success and happy cheer!
Pratili Vas samo sretni dani,nek' Vam bude bolje nego lani.Među sobom divno se družili,svoje snove sretno ostvarili.
May only happy days be yours to know,and fare much better than a year ago.May you have lovely times when you all meet,and see your dreams come true, your joy complete.
Svi u zdravlju sreću uživali,s najdražima u ljepoti snili,cijelo ljeto u veselju bilii ugodne dane provodili.
In health may all of you enjoy delight,and with your dearest dream of beauty bright;may all the year be joyful, glad and light,and every day be pleasant, morn to night.
Bolji standard donio Vam slavu,ja Vam želim mirovinu pravu,primali je ozarenog lica,trošili je puno godinica.
May better living standards bring you fame,and I wish you a pension worth the name;and may you draw it with a beaming smile,and go on spending it a long, long while.
Put života bio Vam što duži,Vašem biću neka sretno služi.Ovu želju sretno proživjeli:to Vam pjesnik Benak Ivo želi!
May your road of life be long, and mayit serve you happily from day to day.May all this wish in happiness come true:that's what the poet Benak Ivo wishes you!
U Valpovu dva'jst osmoga prosinca,dv'je tisuće trinaestoga ljeta.Sa čestitkom ovom ja Vam želim:punim zdravljem da Vam život cvjeta!
In Valpovo, December twenty-eighth,the year two thousand thirteen, nearly through;and with this greeting card I wish you this:may life, in fullest health, bloom on for you!