2. Duša u pjesmi, pjesma u duši…
Dječak na rijeci, mladić u mjesečini,
Dobri, dragi čovjek u toploj sunčevoj ruci.
Bio nam je primjer, poput hljeba na usni
u skromnoj nekoj, jednostavnoj dobroti.
Bio je čovjek, kog vrijedi Čovjekom zvati
u srcu toplom što se krasotom zlati.
U glasu, u koraku u zastajanju,
bio je ponos svojoj majci, svojoj Podravini.
Otac i sin, i djed i pradjed
čitavom jednom stablu Carekovih
pred ognjem ljeta Gospodnjih bijaše hrid.
Duša u pjesmi, pjesma u duši,
svakom nadođu puti onostrani.
Učio nas je djelom kako vrijedi trajati,
Učio nas je srcem. svoje ljude i zemlju svoju
do zadnjeg daha voljeti.
Nikad ga ondje gdje nad vodom divnom
zriju žita, rastu vrbe i stasaju dječaci,
nikad ga nećemo zaboraviti.
3. A man whom we'll remember...
A soul in a song, a song in the soul...
A boy at the riverside, a youth in moonlight,
A good, dear man in the warm hand of the sun.
For us an example, like bread atthe lips in a humble,
simple goodness.
He was a man, worth being called a Man,
a warm heartof a golden beauty.
In his voice, in his step and his stance, he was the pride of his mother,
his Podravina.
A father, a son, a great-and grandfatherof a whole Carek tree
facing the fire of God's passing summers he was a rock.
A soul in a song, a song in the soul,
every man must take the road across.
He taught us by deed how to endure,
He taught us with his heart to love
one's people and one's land.
Where by the clear waters grows the wheat,
where grow the willows and tall youths,
never shall we forget him.
Vlado Karagić