Živila Hrvatska
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"Živila Hrvatska" is a Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

n patriotic song. The lyrics were written by August Šenoa
August Šenoa
August Šenoa was a Croatian novelist, critic, editor, poet, and dramatist....

, while the melody was composed by Ivan Zajc
Ivan Zajc
Ivan Dragutin Stjepan Zajc or Ivan pl. Zajc , was a Croatian composer, conductor, director and teacher who for over forty years dominated Croatia's musical culture...

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It was recorded in the 1893 "Hrvatska pjesmarica" by Vjekoslav Klaić
Vjekoslav Klaic
Vjekoslav Klaić was a Croatian historian and writer, most famous for his monumental History of the Croats.Klaić was born in Garčin near Slavonski Brod as the son of a teacher. He was raised in German spirit and language, since his mother was German. Klaić went to school in Varaždin and Zagreb...

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Lyrics

Croatian English translation

Glasna, jasna od pameti,

Preko dola, preko gora,

Hrvatska nam pjesma leti,

Sve do našeg sinjeg mora,

Čas je meka, čas ko grom,

Vječna jeka za naš dom.

Hajdemo, hajdemo,

Brate moj, brate moj!
Nek se slože grla bratska, živila Hrvatska,
Nek se slože grla bratska,
Živila, živila, živila Hrvatska!
Živila, živila, živila Hrvatska!


Hrvatskom se opet ori,

Pjesma naših velikana,

U njoj vječnom vatrom gori

Slava Zrinskih-Frankopana.

Čas je meka, čas ko grom,

Vječna jeka za naš dom.

Hajdemo, hajdemo,

Brate moj, brate moj!

Loud, clear since immemorial,

Over lowlands, over hills,

The Croatian song flies to us,

All the way to the deep sea,

At times soft, at times like thunder,

Eternal echo for our home.

Let's go, let's go,

My brother, my brother!
Line up the voices of brothers, long live Croatia,
Line up the voices of brothers,
Long live, long live, long live Croatia!
Long live, long live, long live Croatia!


It resounds across Croatia,

The song of our great men,

In it burns the eternal flame

Of the glory of Zrinski
Zrinski
The Zrinski family was a Croatian noble family, influential during the period in history marked by the Ottoman wars in Europe in the Kingdom of Croatia and Hungary and in the later Austro-Hungarian Empire...

-Frankopan
Frankopan
The Frankopans are a Croatian noble family. Also called Frankapan, Frangepán in Hungarian, and Frangipani in Italian.The Frankopan family is the leading princely Croatian aristocratic family which dates back to the 12th Century and even earlier to Roman times...

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At times soft, at times like thunder,

Eternal echo for our home.

Let's go, let's go,

My brother, my brother!
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