Prijatelju mom, Jokiću Luki
Occasional verse and dedications
To My Friend Luka Jokić
Prijatelju i cijenjeni Luka,za SOFIJU OZLOJAĐENU ŽENU,došlo vrijeme da Ti vratim duga,za njen život i sudbinu njenu.
Luka, my friend, whom I esteem, to you:for SOFIA, THE EMBITTERED WOMAN, nowthe time has come to pay my debt that's due,for all her life and fate: and here is how.
Na predivnoj knjizi Tebi hvala!Ja za dobro, uvijek dobrim plaćam.Od djetinjstva priroda mi dala,za tu knjigu, svojom duga vraćam.
For such a lovely book, my thanks, my friend!For good I always pay with good, and sofrom what, since childhood, nature chose to lend,with my own book I pay the debt I owe.
Kao nekad nismo više mladi,a druženja bilo nam što više,i starački nek' nas minu jadi,jer se lakše u životu diše.
We're not as young as we were long ago,so let us meet together all we may;and may the woes of age not lay us low,for life is breathed more easily that way.
Zato piši, a pisat ću i ja,ne bilo nam u životu krivo,jer nam ovaj život tako prija.I to Ti želi: Tvoj prijatelj Ivo!
So you write on, and I'll write every day;may life not ever give us cause to rue,because life's sweet to us in every way.And this is your friend Ivo's wish for you!
Valpovo, 20. 06. 2010.
Valpovo, June 20, 2010