Croatian*

Lijepa nasha domovino

Lijepa Nasha Domovino,
Oj junachka zemljo mila,
Stare slave djedovino,
Da bi vazda sretna bila!

Mila, kano si nam slavna,
Mila si nam ti jedina,
Mila kuda si nam ravna,
Mila kuda si planina!

Teci Savo, Dravo teci,
Nit ti, Dunav, silu gubi!
Sinje more, svijetu reci,
Da svoj narod Hrvat ljubi!

Dok mu njive sunce grije,
Dok mu hrashche bura vije,
Dok mu mrtve grobak krije,
Dok mu zhivo srce bije.

*without original Croatian letters, I subsituted them with 'sh,' 'ch' nad 'zh'



English translation

Our Beautiful Homeland

Our beautiful homeland,
O so fearless and gracious.
Our fathers' ancient glory,
May you be blessed forever.

Dear, you are our only glory,
Dear, you are our only one,
Dear, we love your plains,
Dear, we love your mountains.

Sava*, Drava*, keep on flowing,
Danube, do not lose your vigour,
Deep blue sea, tell the world,
That a Croat loves his homeland.

Whilst his fields are kissed by sunshine,
Whilst his oaks are whipped by wild winds,
Whilst his dear ones go to heaven,
Whilst his live heart beats.

*Sava and Drava are rivers flowing through Croatia



French translation by Henri Carion (1812-1892)

Notre belle patrie

Quelle est belle notre patrie!
Feconde mere de heros,
A jamais sois fiere et cherie,
Antique legs de leurs travaux.

Notre amour egal a ta gloire,
Notre amour est seul tout a toi.
Nous aimons tes plaines de moire,
Tes montagnes au port de roi.

Roule o Save: tes flots rapides,
Et toi, Danube, hate ton cours,
Azur, a tes rives splendides,
Du Croate dis les amours.

Tant qu’au soleil luiront tes plaines,
Patrie, et que sur tes hauteurs
La foudre ebranlera nos chenes,
Jusqu’a la tombe, a toi nos coeurs!

Source: http://www.mvp.hr/

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Hi Davie!

A good question. There has been a lot of confusion about that in Croatia too. You see, in the Law on State Emblems and National Anthem of Republic of Croatia (which you can find here: http://www.vlada.hr/Download/2002/11/19/Zakon_o_grbu_zastavi_i_himni_RH_te_zasta... only in Croatian) lyrics read "Teci Dravo, Savo teci" but I never heard it performed with those lyrics. On the other hand, on the site of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Republic of Croatia you will find the lyrics with "...Savo..." in the first position. That version is sung on all official occasions. My guess is that there has been a misprint in the Law which hasn't been rectified yet. It would appear that we are all right. Those sites qoute the law and I present how the national anthem is sung in practice.

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I have done more research, and I have found some pages which list "Teci Savo, Dravo tevi".
http://www.hrt.hr/vijesti/arhiv/98/06/10/d1_hrv.html
http://www.mvp.hr/MVP.asp?pcpid=63
http://www.hr/darko/etf/et12.html

Also, the version sent to me by Josko Bublic is sung "Teci Savo, Dravo tevi".
http://www.nationalanthems.us/anthems/Croatia2.zip

I have made more inquiries about the lyrics. I will post more information when I have it.

Zach

The words to the Croatian national anthem was written by Antun Mihanović . They were first printed in Danica (The Morning Star) magazine in 1835, under the title "Hrvatska domovina" ("Croatian Homeland"). The music was composed later (1840s) by Josip Runjanin, a Croatian Serb, on the basis of Donizetti's "O sole piu ratto" from the opera "Lucia di Lammermoor". Later, in 1861, the score went through some minor changes done by V. Lichtenegger. In 1891 the song was first sung as the national anthem at an exhibition held by the Croatian-Slavonian Economic Society in Zagreb. It was readopted a year before Croatia achieved independence from Yugoslavia in December 1990. Only the first and last eight lines are used officially.

When I am listening to the anthem vocal versions available in the forum, I suppose that some words in the 15th line sound like "grossak krije", or "grobsak krije", or "grob sakrije", instead of the words "grobak krije" written by Domagoj and Davie...

Am I correct?  Could anyone help me? ???

Yes Veviem, you heard correctly "...grob sakrije..." As Mr. Bublic explained, lyrics have chaged in 1995.

Actually, words were rearranged and modified through the years and "Lijepa naša domovino" first received official recognition as the anthem of Croatia in 1972. Lyrics of the anthem from the constitution of Socialist Republic of Croatia (1972) differ from lyrics which became official in 1990 and later modified in 1995.

An important note on the Spanish sheet music: These lyrics were official during the reign of fascistic Ustaša regime (1941-1945).

Unsere schöne Heimat (German Translation)

Schöne, unsere Heimat
Heldenhafte liebe Heimat,
Alten Ruhmes Vätererbe,
Mögest du ewig glücklich sein!

Du liebe, wie bist du uns ruhmreich,
Als einzige bist du uns lieb,
Lieb bist du uns, wo du eben bist,
Lieb bist du uns, wo du Gebirge bist.


Fließe, Save, und du, Drau, fließe,
Auch du, Donau, verliere deine Kraft nicht.
Blaues Meer, sag der Welt,
Dass der Kroate sein Volk liebt,

Solange die Sonne seine Felder wärmt,
Solange die Bura in seinen Eichen rauscht,
Solange der Totengräber seine Toten bedeckt,
Solange in ihm ein lebendes Herz schlägt.

And the beautiful, singable Bulgarian translation:

Хубава наша родино,
о, юнашка земьо мила,
старославна татковино,
вечно да си ми щастлива!

Мила, колкото и славна,
мила си ни ти едничка.
Мила си ни где си равна,
Мила си ни и планинска!

Лей се, Драво, Саво, лей се,
нито Дунав сила губи,
пред света море гордей се,
че Хърватска ние любим.

Докле нивя огрява слънце,
докле в дъбрави буря вие,
докле тачим наште мъртви,
докле сърцето живо бие!

Japanese Translation

クロアチア共和国

「私たちの美しい故国」

私たちの美しい故国、
おお、親愛な、英雄的な土地、
古代の栄光の祖国、
あなたが常に幸せであらんことを!
あなたが栄光あるのと同じくらい、親愛な、
あなただけが私たちにとって親愛だ。
親愛な、あなたの土地が平らであるところ、
親愛な、山が多いところ。

ドラヴァ川、サヴァ川、
あなた、ドナウ川よ、あなたの力を失うな、
青い海よ、世界に
クロアチア人が彼の国を愛することを語れ。
太陽が彼の耕された土地を暖める限り、
嵐が彼の楢の木々に打ちかかる限り、
墓が彼の死者を隠す限り、
彼の活発な心臓が鼓動する限り!

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The same anthem. This is the traditional anthem of the Croats.