Ivan Benak

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

Radio burza

Televizor prodajem u boji

iz knjige Stihom kroz život (2010.)

Radio market

Colour TV for Sale

from the book Through Life in Verse (2010)

Vjerujte mi, časno moje ime,ovo nije oglas radi rime,već ozbiljno, dragi ljudi moji,televizor prodajem u boji.

Believe me, on my honour and good name,this ad is not for rhyme, it's not a game;I mean it, my dear people, I must tell:I've got a colour television to sell.

Ispravan je kao da je novi,on čuvene marke GRUNDING slovi.Ekran mu je srednje veličine,od pedeset i pet je širine.

It works as well as if it were brand new,and bears the famous name of GRUNDING, too.Its screen is of a medium size, and wide:it's fifty-five across, from side to side.

I daljinski ide skupa s njime,opet kažem nije radi rime.Sa antenom televizor spoji,pa ćeš gledat sve slike u boji.

The remote comes with it, too, at the same time;again I say, it isn't for the rhyme!Just plug the aerial into the set, and soyou'll watch in colour every picture show.

Tiskaj dugmad na daljinskoj spravi,iz fotelje, užitak je pravi.Pred tobom je odjednom sve živo,a na stolu ESEKER je pivo.

Just press the buttons on the remote, and see:from your armchair, what pleasure it will be!And suddenly it's all alive for you,and on the table, ESEKER beer, too.

Na TV-u prava utakmica,pokraj tebe sjela i ženica,sretna guče, puna dobre volje.Pa zar može nešto biti bolje?

A proper match is on the screen tonight,your little wife sits by you, snug and tight;she's cooing, happy, in the best of cheer:could anything be better? Not round here!

Nek' mu cijena bude posve puna,prodat ću ga za četir'sto kuna.ARIZONA jeftinija nije,javite se sada tko će prije.

A proper, rounded price, and that is that:I'll sell it for four hundred kuna flat.ARIZONA won't beat that, in any case;so call me now, whoever wins the race!

Tko poželi ove divne snove,nek' telefon moj odmah nazove:6 5 2 osamsto dvadeset jedan,sa TV-om neka bude sretan.

Whoever longs to dream these dreams so fine,let him at once ring up this phone of mine:6 5 2 eight hundred twenty-one,and may the TV bring him lots of fun!

Valpovo, 06. 01. 2007.

Valpovo, January 6, 2007

Telefonski broj iz pjesme više nije u upotrebi.

The phone number in this poem is no longer in use.

Translator's note. A verse ad for "Radio burza", the swap-and-sell show on the local radio. Eseker is the beer of the Osijek brewery, and Arizona was a shop. The phone number was his own.