Ivan Benak

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

Prigodne pjesme i posvete

Tamburaška subota HRV-a

Occasional verse and dedications

Tambura Saturday on HRV

Lijepo vrijeme i subota traje,HRV nam emisiju daje.Tomislavu i Jadranku sada,sve čestitke njihovoga rada.

The weather's fine, and Saturday is here,and HRV brings its programme to our ear;to Tomislav and to Jadranko, too,congratulations on the work they do.

Tek je prošlo nekoliko dana,Marijanci smotru održali,svu ljepotu folkloru su dali,na Ćimenu kolo odigrali.

It's only been a few short days, no more,since Marijanci held their folk review;to folklore they gave all its beauty's due,and on the Ćimen danced the kolo through.

Ako budem ja imao sreće,za sve druge i za mene solo,Marjanačka nek' se čuje himna"NA ĆIMENU KAD ZAIGRA KOLO"

If I should have a stroke of luck today,for all the others, and for me a solo,then let the Marijanci anthem play:"WHEN ON THE ĆIMEN STRIKES UP THE KOLO".

Na stihove što sam napisao,Ivanović Lac ju uglazbio.Marjancima pjesma divna bila,općina ju himnom proglasila.

The verses that I wrote, I'm glad to tell,Lac Ivanović set to music well.To Marijanci the song brought such delight,the council made it their anthem outright.

Valpovo, 31. 05. 2014.

Valpovo, May 31, 2014

Translator's note. Read on Radio Valpovština's Saturday tamburica request show, hosted by Tomislav and Jadranko. His lyrics "Na Ćimenu kad zaigra kolo" (When on the Ćimen Strikes Up the Kolo), set to music by Lac Ivanović, became the official anthem of the Marijanci municipality; Ćimen is the village green.