Ivan Benak

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

Prigodne pjesme i posvete

Poštovanoj obitelji Buranji!

Occasional verse and dedications

To the Esteemed Buranji Family!

Jednog dana usred baresastale se mnoge žabe,da se bore protiv rode,usred ove barske vode.

One day, right amid the bog,there assembled many a frog,all to fight the stork, their foe,in the marsh's waters low.

Šta je dalje tamo bilo,želite li to saznati?ovu knjigu, prijatelji,trebali bi pročitati.

What went on there after that —would you like to find it out?This book, friends, is what you oughtto be reading, without doubt.

Da nestane dnevnih briga,evo Vama moja knjiga,pa ju lijepo pročitajte,veselja si srcu dajtei snivali divne snove,to su želje autorove.

So your daily cares may go,here's my book for you, and soread it nicely, read it through,give your heart some gladness too,and dream dreams of loveliness:that's the author's wish, no less!

OBITELJI BURANJI!

TO THE BURANJI FAMILY!

Bili sretni i veseli:to Vam autor knjige želi!

May you be happy, full of cheer:this, the author's wish sincere!

Valpovo, 23. 12. 2013.

Valpovo, December 23, 2013

Translator's note. A dedication in his children's book The Frogs' Meeting (Žablji sastanak).