pučki pjesnik · folk poet · Sopje 1933. – Valpovo 2015.Sopje 1933 – Valpovo 2015
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Uglazbljene pjesme
Stihovi Ivana Benaka lako su se pjevali, pa ih je uglazbio niz skladatelja, a on je bio pridruženi član Hrvatskog društva skladatelja. Tri pjesme predstavljene ovdje izvedene su na velikim festivalima zabavne i tamburaške glazbe, a Šokica se na festivalu pjevala 2014.
Songs
Ivan Benak's lines were easy to sing, and a number of composers set them to music; he was an associate member of the Croatian Composers' Society. The three songs below were performed at major festivals of popular and tamburica music, and Šokica was sung at a festival in 2014.
U baščici tvojoj maloj,dok sam rosno cvijeće brao,ljubio ti lice bijelo,kosu tvoju milovao.
In your little garden, darling,as I picked the dewy flowers,I would kiss your fair face fondlyand caress your hair for hours.
Pod granama jorgovana,u zvjezdanoj tihoj noći,dok je ruža mirisala,ljubio sam tvoje oči.
Underneath the lilac branches,in the hush of starlit splendour,while the rose was breathing fragrance,your dear eyes I kissed so tender.
Na rastanku punom sreće,dok si ljubav meni dala,budilo se rosno cvijeće,zora nam se radovala.
At our joyful, sweet leave-taking,as your love you were bestowing,dewy flowers were awaking,and the dawn with joy was glowing.
Uto zvijezde izblijedješe,mjesec mudro zažmirio,pa se i on sa Danicomu ljubavni kutak skrio.
Then the stars grew pale and faded,and the wise old moon was winking;and he too, with his Danica,to a lovers' nook went slinking.
I druge uglazbljene pjesme. Renato Lukić uglazbio je i pjesmu Zar je sve to bila šala?, Dušan Topić dječju pjesmu Djeda Mraz, a prof. Želimir Sušić dječju pjesmu Jutarnji problemi (u drugom prijepisu naslovljenu Cipelice). Marija Cavor uglazbila je U mom naručju i Volio bih da sam vjetar, koje pjeva ženski zbor „Perunike“ iz Ivankova. Šokicu je uglazbio Antun Nikolić – Tuca, a na festivalu 2014. otpjevao Željko Witovsky.
Other songs. Renato Lukić also set Was It All Just a Joke? to music, Dušan Topić the children's poem Grandfather Frost, and prof. Želimir Sušić the children's poem Morning Troubles (titled Little Shoes in another copy). Marija Cavor set In My Arms and I Wish I Were the Wind, sung by the Perunike women's choir of Ivankovo. Šokica was set by Antun Nikolić – Tuca and sung by Željko Witovsky at a festival in 2014.
