Translation of the song Da sam tvoje riječi slušao, majko artist Kićo Slabinac

Da sam tvoje riječi slušao, majko

If I had listened to your words, mother

Možda bi znao tražiti sreću i birati pute

Maybe I would know how to look for happiness and choose my ways

Daleko bi tad bile duge godine puste

Empty years would then be far away

I lutanja vječna, a ti bi, draga, bila sretna

And the endless wandering, too, and you, dear, would be happy

Da sam tvoje suze vidio, majko

If I had seen your tears, mother

Na mojem licu nikada suze zasjale ne bi

Tears would never shine on my face

I znam da bih tada manju bol donio tebi

And I know I would have caused you less pain then

I noći bez sna i bol, da sam vjerovao ja

And less nights without sleep and the pain, if I had just believed

Sad me vali nose, povratka nema

Now waves carry me, there's no going back

Svud me kiša prati i noć se sprema

Rain follows me everywhere and the night is coming

Nemam što da žalim, ni da se kajem

I have nothing to regret, or to be sorry about

Što toliko imam, a više dajem

How much I have, and I give more

Što dajem sve

By giving everything

Da sam tvoje riječi slušao, majko

If I had listened to your words, mother

Možda bi znao tražiti sreću i birati pute

Maybe I would know how to look for happiness and choose my ways

Daleko bi tad bile duge godine puste

Empty years would then be far away

I lutanja vječna, a ti bi, draga, bila sretna

And the endless wandering, too, and you, dear, would be happy

Da sam tvoje riječi slušao, majko

If I had listened to your words, mother

Više bi sunca palo na ceste i u moje dane

More sun would fall over my paths and into my days

Al svud bi me našle ove rane i boli

But these wounds and pains would find me anywhere

Jer ona tako hoće, jer ona, majko, tako voli

Because she wants it that way, mother, she like it so