Oj Hrvatska mati

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"Oj Hrvatska mati" (lit. "Oh Croatia Our Mother") is a Croatian patriotic song.

It is often referred to as Zovi, samo zovi (the first line of the chorus), but that is ambiguous with the Serbian patriotic song "Oj, Srbijo mati" from Vojvodina, from which this song derives.^{[citation needed]} Croatian members of the Sokol society from Vojvodina redesigned the song replacing "Serbian" with "Croatian" and the part on Montenegro to make it more native to the Croat people and spread it in Dalmatia, since when it became widespread amongst the Croats as a national song, to the same meaning as to the Serbs.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Lyrics

Croatian	English translation
Oj Hrvatska mati, nemoj tugovati. (2x) Zovi, samo zovi Svi će sokolovi Za te život dati! Srijem, Banat i Bačka, tri srca junačka! (2x) chorus (2x) Herceg-Bosna, Lika, to je naša dika! (2x) chorus (2x) Dalma, Kvarner, Istra, slobodno nek blista! (2x) chorus (2x) Za mir, za slobodu, Hrvatskom narodu, Život ćemo dati!	Oh Croatia our mother, do not grieve. (2x) Call, just call All the falcons will Give their life for you! Srijem, Banat and Bačka, three heroic hearts! (2x) chorus (2x) Herzegovina-Bosnia, Lika, that's our pride! (2x) chorus (2x) Dalmatia, Kvarner, Istria, let them shine in freedom! (2x) chorus (2x) For peace, for freedom, Of the Croatian people, We will give our lives!

[edit] See also

• "Oj Srbijo mati"

[edit] External links

• http://www.crolinks.com/cromusic/o/ojhrvats.htm
• Click here to listen to a version of the song: Oj Hrvatska mati