Ivan Benak

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

Love poems

Memories

Sjećaš li se te večeri?Kroz prozor je mjesec sjao.Mrsio sam kosu tvoju,kroz poljupce ime zvao.

Do you still recall that evening?Through the window moonlight came.I was tousling your tresses,through our kisses called your name.

Te noći smo sretni bili,u igri k'o djeca mala.Ljubljah tvoje snene ti oči,na nebu je zvijezda sjala.

We were happy on that night,playing like small children do;and I kissed your drowsy eyes,in the sky a star shone through.

Uz poljupce slatke tvoje,duša topi se od sladada rastanka nikad nemaljubavnog tog teškog jada.

With the sweetness of your kissesall my soul would melt, as thoughthere would never be a parting,never love's hard, heavy woe.

Željela si tada dragada nikada ne svane dan,da nam ljubav srca veže,da vječito traje taj san.

Then, my darling, you were wishingthat the dawn would never break,that our love would bind our hearts,that from this dream we'd never wake.

Valpovo, 25.07.1973.

Valpovo, July 25, 1973