Ivan Benak

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

Domoljubne i zavičajne

Valpovačka Satnica

Homeland and native region

Valpovačka Satnica

Na njedrima Panonske nizine,od davnina Satnica postoji,na domaku rijeke Karašice,mnoga ljeta sa ponosom broji.

On the bosom of Pannonia's plain,Satnica has stood since days of old;close beside the Karašica's stream,many summers proudly has it told.

Agrarom se ovdje ljudi bave,veseli se narod toga kraja,sve praznike u svom selu slave,uživaju zemaljskoga raja.

Here they live by farming, work the ground,merry are the people of these parts;they keep village feasts the whole year round,earthly paradise delights their hearts.

Sve što treba u Satnici ima.Raznom robom trgovina puna.Kružni tok je za potrebe svimai birtija gdje se troši kuna.

All you need in Satnica is there:there's a shop with goods of every kind;there's a roundabout for all to share,and a pub where kunas go, you'll find.

Crkva sveta, gdje se mise služe,ponekada i svatove pravetu je škola, gdje se djeca druže,često puta i krštenje slave.

There's the holy church, where people pray,and at times a groom will wed his bride;there's the school, where children meet and play,christening feasts are often held with pride.

I još jedno časno društvo ima,dični ljudi od bivšega rada,to je društvo potrebno mnogima,da se druže u starosti sada.

And one more honoured club is here to stay:worthy folk who worked through many years;it's a club that many need today,to spend their old age now among their peers.

U druženju matica je prvata udruga Satnici je dikanabavljaju zimnicu i drva,to je društvo umirovljenika.

In fellowship it leads the neighbourhood,the pride of Satnica, as each one sees;they lay in winter stores and firewood:this is the club of the retirees.

Već je prošlo nekoliko ljeta,ti heroji minuloga radada ponovno izaberu Vladui skupštinu imaju baš sada.

A few more summers now have come and gone,and these, the heroes of the work now past,are holding their assembly here todayto choose their "Government" again at last.

Valpovo, 27. 04. 2013.

Valpovo, April 27, 2013

Translator's note. Written for the annual assembly of the pensioners' association in the village of Valpovačka Satnica, on the Karašica river near Valpovo. The kuna was the Croatian currency until 2023. The "Government" is his joke for the association's board.