Ivan Benak

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

Pjesme za djecu

Vrtić „Bambi“

Poems for children

The "Bambi" Kindergarten

Vrtić „BAMBI“, to je,k'o srnino lane,lijepo djeca mala,tu provode dane.

"Bambi" kindergartenis like a baby deer;little children sweetlyspend their days in here.

Veselo se igrajui tete ih maze,cijelog dana brižnoone na njih paze.

Happily they're playing,aunties hug them tight,and all day with carekeep them in their sight.

Kada papat pođu,mnoge teta hrani,tako djeci veselo,tu prolaze dani.

When they go for yum-yum,auntie feeds them all;so the days go merrilyfor the children small.

Kad je igre dosta,onda spavat pođu,divne snove sanjaju,dok po njih ne dođu.

When they've played enough,off to nap they creep,dreaming lovely dreamstill they're fetched from sleep.

Tako opet sutra,kada zora svane,u „BAMBIKU“ dođuda provedu dane.

And again tomorrow,when the dawn breaks through,they come back to "Bambi"to spend their days anew.

Valpovo, 28. 03. 2012.

Valpovo, March 28, 2012

Translator's note. The "aunties" (tete) are what Croatian children call their kindergarten teachers; "yum-yum" renders the baby-talk "papat", to eat.