Ivan Benak

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

Ljubavne pjesme

Volio bih da sam vjetar

iz knjige Stihom kroz život (2010.)

Love poems

I Wish I Were the Wind

from the book Through Life in Verse (2010)

Volio bih da sam vjetar!Nježni lahor ja bih bio.Bijelo lice, medna usta,svojoj dragoj bih ljubio.

How I wish I were the wind, oh!I would be a soft breeze blowing;my love's white face, lips of honey,I would kiss them, gently flowing.

Volio bih da sam vjetar!Tražio bih skrite sjene.Voljenoj bih kose pleo,kose njene raspletene.

How I wish I were the wind, oh!I would seek the nooks most shaded;I would plait my loved one's tresses,all her hair, let loose, unbraided.

Volio bih da sam vjetar!Pa da ljubim dragoj grudii milujem tijelo njeno,svako jutro kad se budi.

How I wish I were the wind, oh!So I'd kiss her breast with yearningand caress her body gentlywhen she wakes, the dawn returning.

Oh, da mogu biti vjetar!Koliko li za me sreće?Poljupcima prije snova,sklapao bih dragoj vjeđe.

If I only were the wind, oh!What a joy I would be reaping!Kissing her before she slumbers,I would close her eyes for sleeping.

Valpovo, 25. 07. 1989.

Valpovo, July 25, 1989

Translator's note. Set to music by Marija Cavor and sung by the women's choir Perunike of Ivankovo.