Translation of the song Podravska krv artist Croatian Folk

Rodil sem se vu najlepšem raju,

I was born in the most beautiful of paradises,

v Podravini, vu najlepšem kraju.

In the Drava valley, the most beautiful of places.

Na svetog Jožefa tu na Dravi,

At St. Joseph here on the Drava,

tamburu mi odma v ruke dali.

A tambura was immediately placed in my hands.

Stari japa navek znal je reći  

My old father always used to say,

s tamburom se nemre gruntek steći.

A tambura can't give you property.

S tamburom sem celi svet obišel,

With the tambura I have gone through the whole world,

s Podravine zbog nje sem otišel.

It had made me leave the Drava valley.

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Vrnul se bum makar v lesu,

I'll come back there, even in a coffin,

il nek Dravu sim donesu.

Or let them bring the Drava here to me.

Z dravskim peskom me pokrijte,

With Drava sand cover me,

z dravskom vodom poškropite.

The Drava's water sprinkle over me. (x2)

Igral sem, i igral bum do smrti,

I have played, and I will play to the death,

tu navadu ne bum dal zatrti.

That practice I won't let go away

Mesto krvi srcem Drava teče,

Instead of blood the Drava flows in my heart,

se me više ona k sebi vleče.

Every time it draws me closer.

Grunta nemam, imam tamburaše,

Property I haven't got, I have the tambura players,

srce puno Podravine naše.

A heart full of our Drava valley.

Brza Drava se me više vleče,

The rapid Drava attracts me ever more,

jer u meni krv podravska teče. 

Because my blood is from the Drava valley.

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Z dravskim peskom me pokrijte,

I'll come back there, even in a coffin,

z dravskom vodom poškropite.

Or let them bring the Drava here to me.