Rođena gruda
Native Soil
Ako ti se prohtje, u bijeli svijet pođi.Život bolne drame priređuje često.A kada se vratiš, na grudi mi dođi.Tu ćeš naći uvijek svoje toplo gnijezdo.
If you should wish it, go into the wide world, go!For life will often stage its dramas full of pain.But when you come back home, come to my breast, and soyou'll always find your own warm nest right here again.
I ljubav i sreću svoga zavičaja,i rođenu majku što te silno voli.Ništa nema ljepše od svojega krajajer tuđina često znade da zaboli.
And all the love and joy your native home can give,your own dear mother, too, whose love for you is true.There is no lovelier place than where your people live,for foreign lands can often bring you pain anew.
Najljepše je uvijek na rođenoj grudii zemljica ova što te kruhom hrani.Tu si se rodio, tu živi i budi.Ne daj domovinu, s ljubavlju je brani.
It's always loveliest within your native land,and this dear little earth that gives you bread each day.Here you were born; so live here, here take up your stand.Don't give your homeland up; with love, keep foes away.
Valpovo, 15.01.1976.
Valpovo, January 15, 1976