Ivan Benak

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

Pjesme za djecu

Sretan Božić

Poems for children

Merry Christmas

Sretan Božić vamaJa iskreno želim.Poklonima vašimI ja se veselim,Zato što ste dobriBožićnjak će znatiI pod bor će poklonaVama puno dati.

Merry Christmas, one and all,is my wish, sincere and true;at the presents that you getI'll be glad as well as you.Since you've all been good,Father Christmas will see,and lots of presents he will leavefor you beneath the tree.

U igri i veseljuNek' vam bude živoTo vam djeco želiPjesnik Benak Ivo

May your games and merrimentall be lively, full of cheer:this the poet Benak Ivowishes you, my children dear.

Valpovo, 21. 12. 2012.

Valpovo, December 21, 2012

Translator's note. Written for the Bambi kindergarten's Christmas visit to the pensioners' home in Valpovo in December 2012. He signs himself surname first, Benak Ivo, in the old village way.