Translation of the song Zanela Me Svetla Velikoga Grada artist Marinko Rokvić

Godina svaka na licu našem

Every year on our faces

poneku novu boru nam zapiše,

a new wrinkle is written

dani prolazi, ti sada misliš

days go by, now you believe

da ja tebe i ne pamtim više.

that I don't remember you anymore

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Zanela me svetla velikoga grada,

The lights of a big city carried me away

pošao sam nekud ko ptica bez jata,

I started going somewhere like a bird with no flock

kad sam doš'o tebe da odvedem

When I came to take you with me

ti si bila već žena udata.

You were already an engaged woman

Kuća ti beše na kraju sela

Your house was at the end of the village

tamo daleko, iza jednog brega,

Far away, behind a hill

sa njega smo ispratili jesen,

With him we escorted autumn

dočekali pahuljice snega.

waiting for flakes of snow

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Sa prvim snegom rastanak dođe,

With the first snowfall our separation arrives

više me nisi čekala na bregu,

You no longer waited for me on the hill

često sam gledao ka tvojoj kući

I often looked by your house

al' ti traga ne beše u snegu.

But your footprints were not in the snow

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