Prijatelju Đuri Smolčiću
Occasional verse and dedications
To My Friend Đuro Smolčić
Dragi prijatelju!HAJDE DA VOLIMO.DRUŠTVO VESELIH PTICA,cvrkute slušati,
Dearest friend of mine!COME, LET US LOVETHE COMPANY OF MERRY BIRDS,and listen to their chirping,
SLAVONIJOM, PJESMOM, KASOM,na vrancu jahati.Sa KAMELEONOM,slavan ćeš biti.
THROUGH SLAVONIA, WITH SONG, AT A TROT,ride a raven steed.And with CHAMELEONyou will be famous.
IN VINO VERITAS,veselja Ti dati.A po mjesečini,ZORU DOČEKATI.
IN VINO VERITAS,to cheer you on,and in the moonlightTO GREET THE DAWN.
NA BRAZDI će istobiti kao lani.Eto, to su, Đuro,svi BOSUTSKI DANI.
ON THE FURROW, thingswill go in last year's ways.There, Đuro, you have them:all the BOSUT DAYS.
Sve što si napisao,to se lijepo slaže.Sada hoće Ivo,da Ti nešto kaže.
All that you have writtenfits and blends so well;now Ivo has somethinghe would like to tell.
Piši, prijatelju,što Ti srce želi,pruži si veselja:to Ti Benak veli.
Write on, my dear friend,all your heart holds dear;give yourself some gladness:Benak says so here.
Iskoristi pero,sve dokle Ti piše,pa ćeš imat, Đuro,jednu pjesmu više.
Make good use of your penfor as long as it will go,and you'll have, Đuro,one more poem to show.
To sam napisao:Dvajst osmoga dana,jedne divne srijede,listopad je bio,dv'je tisuće pete.
This is what I wrote:on the twenty-eighth day,one lovely Wednesday,in October it was,two thousand and five.