Ivan Benak

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

Radio burza

Prodajem frižider Gorenje

iz knjige Stihom kroz život (2010.)

Radio market

Gorenje Freezer for Sale

from the book Through Life in Verse (2010)

Povoljno prodajem ledenicu,da spremiš: pile, puru i gicu.

I'm selling a chest freezer, going cheap,for chicken, turkey, pork to store and keep.

Marke GORENJE, nije stara,četir'sto deset ima litara.

The brand's GORENJE, and it isn't old;four hundred and ten litres it will hold.

Bilo ozgora, sa strane il' sprijeda,dobra škrinja, k'o nova izgleda.

Look from above, the side, or front, and see:a good chest, looking new as new can be.

Još jedan detalj, da kažem svima,termostat i motor novi ima.

One more detail I'd like to tell to you:the thermostat and motor, both are new.

Tko želi dobar frižider snova,eto ljudi, prilika ova.

Who wants a dream of a freezer, fine and grand,good folk, your chance is here and close at hand!

Da ujesen kupiš sebi gicui jeftino imaš ledenicu.

So in the autumn you can buy a pigand have a freezer cheaply, nice and big.

Dođite k meni kupci moji,jer škrinja kod mene prazna stoji.

Come round to me, my buyers, come and see,because the chest stands empty here with me.

Ako nam bude sklona fortuna,frižider ću dati za 500 kuna.

If we should have the favour of Fortuna,I'll let the freezer go for 500 kuna.

Na ovaj telefon, zovite ljudi:6 6 4 0 dvadeset i devet,samo prije neg' pođem u krevet.

Call on this telephone, good people, do:6 6 4 0 twenty-nine,just ring before my bedtime, that'll be fine.

Valpovo, 28. 10. 2006.

Valpovo, October 28, 2006

Translator's note. A verse ad for Radio burza. Gorenje is a Slovenian appliance maker; in autumn many Slavonian households buy a pig to fatten or slaughter for the winter.