Ivan Benak

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

Duhovne pjesme

Sveta Lucija

Spiritual poems

Saint Lucy

Lucija je svjetlonoša bila,mnoge bolne vidom obdarila,svojim darom pomoći je znala,mnogima je danju svjetlost dala.

Lucy was a bearer of the light,many in their pain she blessed with sight;she had gifts to help in every way,and to many gave the light of day.

Svatko onaj časno se ponosi,što Lucije svete ime nosi.Oni što su djeci ime dalinjene moći sigurno su znali.

Anyone may honourably claimpride in bearing holy Lucy's name.Those who gave it to their children knewsurely all the good her power can do.

Ima onih što su svoj vid dali,ili mnogi nisu ga ni znali.Samoća ih mučila u tami,bolni život živjeli su sami.

There are those whose eyes have lost their sight,others never even knew the light;in the dark the loneliness would weigh,painful lives they lived alone each day.

Svima vama što ste u toj tamiusamljeni u životu sami,nek' vam teku u ljepoti dani,od LUCIJE SVETE OBASJANI.

All of you who in that darkness stay,lonely and alone along life's way,may your days flow on in beauty bright,RADIANT WITH HOLY LUCY'S LIGHT.

Valpovo, 11. 12. 2012.

Valpovo, December 11, 2012

Translator's note. St Lucy (feast day 13 December) is the patron saint of eyesight and of the blind.