Ivan Benak

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

Prigodne pjesme i posvete

Sretan imendan priji Kati

Occasional verse and dedications

A Happy Name Day to Our Prija Kata

Mili, Bože, što godine lete,pa na pleća kao teret slete.Zima tiho kuca mi na vrata,eto stiže već i sveta Kata.

Dear God, how swiftly all the years fly by,and on our shoulders like a burden lie;the winter's softly knocking at my door,and here's Saint Kata, come around once more.

A što drugo da vam sada velim:svim Katama ja imendan želim,a posebno našoj priji Kati,njen imendan da joj se pozlati!

And what else is there left for me to say?I wish all Katas a happy name day,but most of all our prija Kata dear:may her name day be gilded bright this year!

Divne snove u životu snila,i sa nama ugodno družila,sreće, zdravlja i da se veseli:obitelj Benak od srca joj želi!

May she dream lovely dreams her whole life through,and pass the pleasant hours with us, too;good luck, good health, and gladness, and good cheer:this, from the Benak family, sincere!

Valpovo, 22. 11. 2011.

Valpovo, November 22, 2011

Translator's note. A prija is the mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law. St Catherine's Day (Sveta Kata) falls on 25 November; folk sayings have it bring the first snow.