Ivan Benak

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

Prigodne pjesme i posvete

Sjećanje na Pavicu Kusturić

Occasional verse and dedications

Remembering Pavica Kusturić

Pavica se sa nama družila,svu ljepotu prijateljstva dala,stihove je društvu podarila,Slavonijom pjesmice čitala.Toplog srca kao pjesnik bila,domovinu svoju je ljubila,ljepotu je Slavoniji dala.Tri je divne knjige napisala:PJEVAM TEBI SLAVONIJO,DUŠA MOJA OTVORILA VRATA,SLAVONIJA U ZJENICI OKA!Oduvijek si dio srca moga.To književno blago ostavila,bez pozdrava nas je napustila.Svu ljubav je dala zavičaju,nek' joj duša počiva u raju.Zemljica joj ova laka bila,Slavonije koje je ljubila.Uživala sva blaženstva raja:to joj žele pisci zavičaja!

Pavica came and joined our circle here,brought all of friendship's beauty, warm and true;she gave her verses for our ears to hear,and read her poems all Slavonia through.Warm-hearted as a poet, and sincere,she loved her homeland, held it ever dear,and to Slavonia she gave beauty too;three lovely books she wrote, I name for you:I SING TO YOU, SLAVONIA,MY SOUL HAS OPENED UP ITS DOOR,SLAVONIA IN THE PUPIL OF THE EYE!Part of my heart you've been since days gone by.She left this literary wealth behind,and went without a farewell of any kind.She gave her native region all her love;may her soul rest in paradise above.May this dear soil lie light on her, and kind,Slavonia's soil, loved with her heart and mind.May all the bliss of heaven be her part:so wish her homeland's writers, from the heart!

Valpovo, 22. 09. 2013.

Valpovo, September 22, 2013

Translator's note. In memory of the poet Pavica Kusturić; the lines in capitals are the titles of her books.