Rođendan ti sretan želim Franjo!
Occasional verse and dedications
A Happy Birthday to You, Franjo!
Za rođendan ja Ti želim Franjo,sve najbolje proživio sada:puno zdravlja, sreće i veselja,iskrena je, Franjo, moja želja!
Franjo, for your birthday, I wish youthe very best, and may you live it now:good health, good fortune, gladness and good cheer;this wish of mine, dear Franjo, is sincere!
Nek u ovoj pedeset i prvoj,budi sretan kao što si bio,s najdražima slavlje proslavio,divne snove za života snio!
And in this fifty-first year of your lifebe happy, just as you have been before;and with your dearest celebrate once more,and lovely dreams be yours for evermore!
Kroz Tvoj život nek' se ljubav kreće,u tvom radu Bog Ti dao sreće,na Tvom putu cvjetalo Ti cvijeće,jer nam život bez povratka teče.
Through all your life may love go where you go,and in your work may God His luck bestow,along your path may flowers bloom and grow,for life flows on, and back it cannot flow.
S najdražima svu sreću uživo',nakon rada divne snove snivo,Sve što činiš ne bilo Ti krivo,To Ti želi Tvoj prijatelj Ivo.
With those most dear, may every joy come true,and after work, sweet dreams the whole night through;in all you do, may nothing make you rue:and this is your friend Ivo's wish for you.
Kada ideš na pecanje, Franjo,Ti se mani BABUŠKICA malih,već upecaj soma od sto kila,ta ribica nek Ti bude mila.
When you go fishing, Franjo, don't you fusswith little BABUŠKAS: leave them alone,but hook a hundred-kilo catfish tight,and may that little fishy bring delight!
Zato piši, nastupaj uživo:to Ti želi Tvoj prijatelj Ivo!
So keep on writing, and perform live too:and this is your friend Ivo's wish for you!
Valpovo, 01. 04. 2014.
Valpovo, April 1, 2014