Paroles et traduction Dražen Žanko - Od stoljeća sedmog

Od stoljeća sedmog

Mislili su neki, već nas neće biti
Ni veselje svoje nisu znali kriti
Raselit' nas triba da nas manje ima
Nisu tu ni bili, tad će reći svima

Nek' tuđinu grizu, roda znati neće
Bez jezika narod nema više sreće
Djeca roda, povist neće znati
Potom svoj na svome, neće bit' Hrvati

'Ko na tvrdoj stini svoju povist piše
Tom ne može ni'ko prošlost da izbriše
Varaju se i ne misle tako
Što se krvlju brani, ne pušta se lako

'Ko na tvrdoj stini svoju povist piše
Tom ne može ni'ko prošlost da izbriše
Mi smo tu odavna, svi moraju znati
To je naša zemlja, tu žive Hrvati

Kroz vrimena gruba i kroz ljute boje
Branili smo časno mi ognjišće svoje
Čuvaše nam pređi ovu rodnu grudu
Nisu zbog slobode ginuli zaludu

Al' sad evo opet nova zora rudi
Posli dugih lita Hrvatska se budi
Tu na našoj zemlji, naš se barjak vije
Crven, bijeli, plavi, više se ne krije

'Ko na tvrdoj stini svoju povist piše
Tom ne može ni'ko prošlost da izbriše
Varaju se i ne misle tako
Što se krvlju brani
Ne pušta se lako

'Ko na tvrdoj stini svoju povist piše
Tom ne može ni'ko prošlost da izbriše
Mi smo tu odavna, svi moraju znati
To je naša zemlja, tu žive Hrvati

Na kamenu tvrdom o tom slova pišu
Od stoljeća sedmog tu Hrvati dišu

Since the Seventh Century

Some thought that we would no longer be here
They could not hide their joy
We need to displace them so that there will be fewer of them
They were not even there at that time, then let them all say

Let them criticize others, they will not know their origin
A nation without a language has no more happiness
The children of the nation will not know their past
After that, their own will not be Croats on their own

Whoever writes their history on hard rock
No one can erase their past
They are wrong and do not think that way
That which is defended with blood is not easily given up

Whoever writes their history on hard rock
No one can erase their past
We have been here for a long time, everyone must know
This is our land, Croats live here

Through rough times and through fierce battles
We have honorably defended our hearth and home
Our ancestors protected this native soil
They did not die in vain for freedom

But now, behold, a new dawn is breaking
After so many years, Croatia is awakening
Here on our land, our banner flies
Red, white, and blue, no longer hidden

Whoever writes their history on hard rock
No one can erase their past
They are wrong and do not think that way
That which is defended with blood,
Is not given up easily

Whoever writes their history on hard rock
No one can erase their past
We have been here for a long time, everyone must know
This is our land, Croats live here

On the hard stone, these words are written
Since the seventh century, Croats have breathed here