Ivan Benak

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

Ljubavne pjesme

Zora te meni u zagrljaj vraća

iz knjiga Valpovački bećarac (1993.) i Stihom kroz život (2010.)

Love poems

Dawn Brings You Back into My Arms

from the books The Valpovo Bećarac (1993) and Through Life in Verse (2010)

U mislima s tobom, zorom se budim,kada se zlatno sunašce rađa.U grudima, draga, svuda te nosim.Od ljubavnog žara postaješ mlađa.

With you in thought, I waken with the dawn,just as the little golden sun is born;wherever I may go, you're in my breast,love's ardour makes you younger every morn.

Na krilima mašte negdje daleko,nas sretne odvozi ljubavna lađa.Sa usana tvojih poljupce skidam.Svakog si dana sve slađa i slađa.

On wings of fancy, somewhere far from here,the boat of love bears us, in joy, away;I pluck the kisses from your lips, and yougrow sweeter, sweeter still with every day.

I onda opet na izvoru noći,zvijezdama kada se mjesec vraća.Naša se voljena stapaju srca,a slatki poljubac, poljupcem plaća.

And then again, at the wellspring of the night,when the moon comes back along the starry ways,our loving hearts are melting into one,and one sweet kiss another kiss repays.

Mi se gubimo u oblaku sreće,noć mi je tada blažena i kraća,a zlatnim zracima veselu, sretnu,zora te meni u zagrljaj vraća.

We lose ourselves within a cloud of joy;my night grows short then, blissful in its charms,and, glad and happy, on its golden rays,my love, the dawn brings you back into my arms.

Valpovo, 06. 07. 1983.

Valpovo, July 6, 1983