Ivan Benak

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

Prigodne pjesme i posvete

Prijatelju, glazbeniku!

Occasional verse and dedications

To My Friend, the Musician!

Od pjesnika umjetniku,nek nam bude to na diku,što stvaramo našim radom,ovom svijetu ljepšu sliku.

Poet to an artist true:let this be our pride: we two,by our labour and our art,give the world a lovelier view.

Ja sam pjesnik od davnina.Pišem pjesme ja iz želje,Tomislave uglazbi ih:Čovječanstvu na veselje!

I'm a poet from of old,I write poems as I'm inclined;Tomislav, set them to music,for the joy of all mankind!

Ovu knjigu ja darujem:Tomislavu iz dragosti,nek' mu ona sama dade,uživanja i radosti.

This, my book, I give awayto Tomislav, from the heart;may the book itself bestowjoy and pleasure, for its part.

Tomislavu Cvetkovićuza ugodu i veselje,nek' mu knjiga radost pruži.Autorove to su želje!

To Tomislav Cvetković,for his pleasure and his cheer:may the book bring him delight,that's the author's wish sincere!

Valpovo, 12.02.2014.

Valpovo, February 12, 2014

Translator's note. Written in a book given to the musician Tomislav Cvetković, asking him to set the poems to music.