Ivan Benak

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

Prigodne pjesme i posvete

Svim Katama u Dnevnom boravku

Occasional verse and dedications

To All the Katas at the Day Centre

Stigla nam je sveta Kata,nema snijega, suha vrata.Mjesec dana do Božića,tako kaže ova priča.

Now St Kata's day is here:there's no snow, the doors are clear.One more month till Christmas Day,so this story has to say.

Svim ženama dobi treće,a Katama puno sreće,U BORAVKU DNEVNOM bile,ugodno se tu družile.

To the ladies ripe in years,and to Katas, luck and cheers;at the DAY CENTRE may you stayin good company all day.

Svoj imendan proslavile,mnogo ljeta divno snile,imendan vam sretan želim,vašem slavlju se veselim!

May your name day be a treat,many years of dreaming sweet;happy name day, I wish you,and I share your gladness too!

Svim Katama puno cvijeća,dobro zdravlje, divna sreća,svu godinu zdrave bile,svoje želje ostvarile!

Lots of flowers for Katas bright,good health, fortune and delight;healthy all year round, and mayall your wishes come your way!

Da bi želju ostvarili,financijski jaki bili.U rukama dobra lova:to je želja Benakova.

So your wishes may come true,may your purse be heavy too,in your hands good dough to stay:that is Benak's wish today.

Sretna bila želja ova,ugodna vam bila Nova.Ostvarenje vaših snova:želi pjesnik iz Valpova!

May this wish bring joy, and somay a pleasant New Year flow;dreams fulfilled wherever you go:wishes the poet from Valpovo!

Valpovo, 24. 11. 2013.

Valpovo, November 24, 2013

Translator's note. For St Catherine's Day (25 November), the name day of every Kata, at the day centre for the elderly in Valpovo. The folk saying goes "St Kata brings snow to the door"; this year she didn't.