Ivan Benak

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

Ljubavne pjesme

Željni snovi

iz knjige Stihom kroz život (2010.)

Love poems

Dreams of Longing

from the book Through Life in Verse (2010)

Želim da mi snovi teku,u noć tihu, toplu, meku.Znaš li što bih htio sniti?To da mi je s tobom biti.

How I wish my dreams took flightthrough the still, warm, gentle night.Do you know what I'd dream of?Just to be with you, my love.

Da me kosa tvoja bujnai ustašca slatka rujna,ljube, dušo, i miluju,dok na nebu zvijezde siju.

That your hair, so thickly spread,and your little lips, sweet, red,kiss me, darling, stroke me slow,while the stars in heaven glow.

Tako sanjam svake noći,kada ćeš mi, draga, doći,da ti ljubim snene oči,usred tihe, tamne noći.

So I dream of you each night,that you'll come, my heart's delight,that your drowsy eyes I mightkiss, amid the still, dark night.

A kada se zora javii osvane danak plavi,da ti ljubim medna usta,to je moja želja pusta.

And when dawn is on its wayand there breaks the bright blue day,to kiss your honeyed lips againis my longing, all in vain.

Valpovo, 17. 09. 1975.

Valpovo, September 17, 1975