Ivan Benak

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

Humoristične pjesme

Upozorenje

1994. · iz knjige Stihom kroz život (2010.)

Humorous poems

A Warning

1994 · from the book Through Life in Verse (2010)

Oduvijek si lopov bio,ne stidiš se svog zanata.Hajde, huljo, uzmi alati razvali ova vrata.

You have always been a thief,not ashamed of your own trade.Come on, scoundrel, take your tools,smash this door, don't be afraid!

Kad učiniš to nedjelo,u tuđi ćeš posjed zaći,razočarat ćeš se jako,jer što tražiš, nećeš naći.

When you've done this wicked deed,stepped inside another's place,you'll be sorely disappointed:what you're after? Not a trace.

U toj zgradi ništa nema,što bi tebi koristilo.A motiku za kopanje,nikad nisi ni volio.

In this building there is nothingthat would help you, great or small;and a hoe to dig the soilyou have never loved at all.

Valpovo, 21. 05. 1994.

Valpovo, May 21, 1994

Translator's note. After several break-ins he posted this poem on the door of his weekend cottage.