Podravino, diko moja
Podravina, My Pride
Poštovani ljudi Sopja,sumještani dragi moji,u Sopju sam i ja rođen,u zapisu tako stoji.
People of Sopje, whom I honour,fellow villagers so dear,I was born in Sopje too:so the records make it clear.
Ali vrijeme čini svoje,sudbina je tako htjela,odvela me u tuđinu,ostao sam bez svog sela.
But then time will have its way,fate had willed that it should be:led me off to other parts,and my village lost to me.
Godine su prolazile,ponovo se sudba javi,na trenutak da me vrati,u zavičaj, tu na Dravi.
Years went by, as years will do,then again my fate drew near,for a moment to return mehome, beside the Drava, here.
Evo mene, ja se javljam,Podravino, mili kraju.Vraćam ti se u zagrljaj,moj predivni zavičaju.
Here I am, and here I greet you,Podravina, dear land of mine;back into your arms I'm coming,O my homeland, so divine.
Ja u Sopju nikog nemam,al' me srce k njemu vuče.Ostalo mi tu djetinjstvou sjećanju stare kuće.
I have no one now in Sopje,yet it draws my heart anew;there my childhood stayed behind,in the old house that I knew.
Da ozarim Sopju licekao pjesnik, ja ću znati.Svojim srcem, svojim perom,svu ljepotu ću mu dati.
How to light up Sopje's face,as a poet, I will know:with my heart and with my penall its beauty I'll bestow.
Učinit ću sve što mogudičnom Sopju, mome selu,kulturno ga uzdizatii pružiti mu ljubav cijelu.
I will do all that I canfor my Sopje, proud and fair,raising up its culture, givingall my love and all my care.
Još te volim, rodni kraju,meni treba ljubav tvoja.Eh, da mogu prošlost vratiti,Podravino, diko moja!
Still I love you, native land,and I need you by my side.Ah, if I could bring the past back,O Podravina, my pride!
Valpovo, 29. 08. 2011.
Valpovo, August 29, 2011