Ivan Benak

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

Radio burza

Prodajem rakijsko bure

Radio market

A Rakija Barrel for Sale

Ja rakijsko bure imam,dudovo je bure pravo,nemam čime da ga punim,zato bih ga ja prodao.

I've a barrel for my rakija,mulberry, the real thing, too;I have nothing now to fill it,so I'll sell it off to you.

Od litara dvadeset petja sam bure izmjerio,da bih znao koliko bihšljivovicom napunio.

Twenty-five litres, I found,when I measured it with care,so that I would know how muchslivovitz would fit in there.

Ja rakije više nemam,pa je bure sada prazno,zato ovaj oglas dajemkao drugi svi pod razno.

Now my rakija's all gone,and the barrel's empty, too;so I place this little adunder "Various", as others do.

Tko ga želi nek' se javi,ujutro od sati sedam,na šesto pedeset dvaosamsto dvadeset jedan.

Who would like it, give a callfrom seven, once the day's begun,at six hundred fifty-two,eight hundred and twenty-one.

A cijena je tog bureta,kak' se dvoje ljudi slože,može nešto da se trampi,ali i za kune može.

As for what the barrel's worth:that's as both of us agree;we can barter something for it,kuna, too, are fine by me.

Valpovo, 06. 09. 2010.

Valpovo, September 6, 2010

Telefonski broj iz pjesme više nije u upotrebi.

The phone number in this poem is no longer in use.

Translator's note. A verse ad for Radio burza. Mulberry wood is prized for rakija barrels. "Various" (razno) is the miscellaneous heading of the classified ads.