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Croatian song
"Ustani, bane" |
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Language | Croatian |
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Ustani, bane (lit. Rise,
ban) is a
Croatian patriotic song. It was written at the turn of the 20th century by
Ognjeslav Utješinović Ostrožinski.
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Lyrics
Croatian |
English translation
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Bilo je to godine, devetsto i treće,
Kad su našu Hrvatsku stigle nesreće.
Mađarske zastave digo Hedervary
Silom hoće Hrvatsku da nam pomađari.
- Ustani bane, Hrvatska te zove, zove,
- Ustani bane Jelačiću!
Nema junaka, nema Hrvata,
Kao što je bio Jelačić ban.
A sada njega crna zemlja krije.
I zelena trava prekrila mu grob.
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It was the year nine hundred and three,
When trouble befell our Croatia.
Hedervary raised
Hungarian flags
Trying to
Magyarize our Croatia by force.
- Rise,
ban, Croatia calls you, calls you,
- Rise, ban
Jelačić!
There isn't a hero, there isn't a
Croat,
Like Jelačić ban was.
But now the black soil hides him,
And green grass covers his grave.
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