Za Uskrs se farba jaje
At Easter We Dye the Eggs
Eto nam se Uskrs javlja,bit će dječici veselja,jaja ćemo ofarbati,to je naša draga želja.
Easter's here, it's come to call,little children will be glad;we'll be dyeing eggs, the dearestwish that we have ever had.
Nakon tog se u dvorištu,kod nas digla strašna graja,vidjele su naše kokeofarbana lijepo jaja.
After that, out in our yard,there arose a hue and cry:all our hens had seen the eggscoloured prettily with dye.
Neke žute, neke plavei crvene, pa na točke,a koke se uplašile,da ne bude ispod kvočke.
Some were yellow, some were blue,red, and some with dots, and thenall the hens took fright: there'd benone to sit beneath the hen!
Tko je jaje ofarbao,to kokice nisu znale.Da otkriju tko to radi,zapovijed su pijetlu dale.
Who had dyed the eggs that way,not a hen had any clue;so they gave the rooster orders:to go searching and find out who.
A pijetao ljut k'o puran,po dvorištu hodat stao,da pronađe toga krivca,ovog časa sve bi dao.
Cross as any turkey, Roosterround the yard began to pace;he'd give anything that minutejust to see the culprit's face.
Pogledom je svud lutao,pregledao kokošinjce,dvorište je obišao,al' ne nađe nigdje krivce.
Everywhere his glance went straying,all the henhouses he checked,round the yard he went surveying,but no culprit could detect.
On je pomno sve motrio,po dvorištu tko se skita.Da li nije tko iz kuće,ozbiljno se on upita.
Closely he kept watch on allwho went wandering about."Is it someone from the house?"he asked gravely, full of doubt.
Tad ugleda malu Maju,ofarbane pere ruke,on je krivca pronašao,riješio se svoje muke.
Then he spotted little Majawashing coloured hands, and sohe had found the guilty partyand was rid of all his woe.
Rekao je kokicama,u kući je svud veselje,pa su koke zakvocalei njihove to su želje.
Then he told the little hens:"Joy is everywhere inside!"And the hens began to cluck:"That's our wish as well!" they cried.
U tom trenu nastala je,u dvorištu prava sreća.Farba se za Uskrs jajaima mnogo već stoljeća.
At that moment, in the yard,there was happiness at last.Eggs at Easter have been dyedfor so many centuries past.
Da je tako vjekovima,to kokice nisu znale,a sada su od dragosti,za farbanje jaje dale.
That it's been so down the ageswas a thing the hens didn't know,and now, out of love, they gladlylet their eggs for dyeing go.
Valpovo, 28.01. 2014.
Valpovo, January 28, 2014