Ivan Benak

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

Prigodne pjesme i posvete

Poštovanom Mirku Novoseliću

Occasional verse and dedications

To the Esteemed Mirko Novoselić

Često je i Tebi, Mirkou snovima bila Luna.Ostvarenje Tvojih snova,pomogla Ti je Fortuna.

Often, Mirko, in your dreamsyou, too, would see Luna;to make those dreams come true, you hadthe help of Fortuna.

Kada budu Muze htjele,prihvati se pera tada,pusti maštu među zvijezdei dobit ćeš novog rada.

When the Muses so desire,take the pen in hand right then,let your fancy roam the stars,and you'll have new work again.

Kakav ćeš mu naziv dati,Tvome djelu od izdanja?Usamljena neće biti:ta TKANICA OD SJEĆANJA.

What's the title you'll bestowon your work for all to see?It will not be lonely now,that WOVEN SASH OF MEMORY.

Šestu knjigu mojih snova:STIHOM KROZ ŽIVOT mog izdanja.Eto, to je knjiga ova,za: TKANICU OD SJEĆANJA.

The sixth book my dreams have grown:THROUGH LIFE IN VERSE, brought out by me;there, it's this one here, my own,for: WOVEN SASH OF MEMORY.

Valpovo, 08. 07. 2010.

Valpovo, July 8, 2010

Translator's note. Tkanica od sjećanja ("A Woven Sash of Memory") is Mirko Novoselić's book; a tkanica is the woven sash of the folk costume. Benak gives his own sixth book, Stihom kroz život (Through Life in Verse), in return.