Tražim janjce za kućne ljubimce

Radio market

Wanted: Lambs as Pets

Dragi ljudi, neka je na znanje,tražim hitno, tek rođeno janje.

Dear people, let it now be known: I amin urgent search of a newly born lamb.

Tko janjića malih viška ima,Ivan Benak te janjiće prima.

Whoever has some little lambs to spare,Ivan Benak will take them in his care.

Posve male, dva ili tri dana,kod mene ih čeka dobra hrana.

Quite tiny, two or three days old, no more:at my house, good food is what they're in for.

Vjerujte mi, trebam samo za se,nagrada slijedi, dabome zna se.

Believe me, I just want one for my own,and a reward will follow, that's well known.

A kako bi znali janje dati,na ovaj telefon trebate zvati.

And so you'll know just where the lamb should go,you'll have to ring this telephone, below:

Zapamtite: šesto pedeset dva,još osamsto dvadeset jedan.

Remember: six hundred and fifty-two,and then: eight hundred and twenty-one.

Ja poziv čekam cijeli tjedan,kad dobijem janje bit ću sretan.

All week long I'll wait to hear the phone ring;when I've a lamb, I'll be happy as a king.

A može i lično, nek' znade svijet:Pejačević Dore, kuće broj pet.

Or come in person, let the whole world see:Pejačević Dore, number five, that's me.

Divne kuće, u dvorištu cvijeće,ispred kuće Karašica teče.

Fine houses, flowers in the yard, and more:the Karašica flows before the door.

Valpovo, 22. 03. 2007.

Valpovo, March 22, 2007

Telefonski broj iz pjesme više nije u upotrebi.

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

Translator's note. A tongue-in-cheek "wanted" ad for "Radio burza", the swap-and-sell show on the local radio, written around Easter, when lamb is the traditional feast; the "pets" are a wink. The street address and phone number were his own.