Bog i Hrvati [English translation]

The Most High has granted my nation

The most beautiful land beneath the sky

The sun has spilled out its miraculous shine

Onto the land that was like Heaven

Ohh, a land like Heaven

Ohh, miraculous shine

Our first king was anointed by God

And He gave him his blessing

To lead his nation through thorns and ice

To govern the law and order

Ohh, thorns and ice

Ohh, law and order

Chorus

And a nation like a nation that evil easily deceives

And piece by piece it looses that holy land

The fury of the Most High, cracks like thunder

And blocks the Sun that shined on my nation

The fury of the Most High, cracks like thunder

And there will never be, never be, peace in my nation

My nation

Through the wasteland of the pain they suffered in the past

And by the path that evil leads them down

He waits to hear a voice of prayer

To grant hope and redemption

Chorus.

Turn back... turn back...

Salvation has turned you back to the Lord, people

Salvation has turned you back to the Lord, people

The swords have cut the angels and the saints

The mutinies have muffled the screams of the children

Ottoman slavery five centuries of grief

The Bolshevik monster gave birth to servants

Mighty fires burned down homes and villages

The sea, stone, hills, and the whole land burned

Of pierced hearts and innocent blood

Those who are not guilty fell first

Souls were sold for a false shine

Tears were spilled in the land like Heaven

Blessed be the Lord God

Blessed be the Lord God

God wiped away the Lady's tears

Don't cry, queen of my nation

Let them cast evil into the deep whirlpool

I will return the land and give peace to them

Chorus.

God heard the prayers of the nation

He extinguishes the fire and the smoke

He returns its old glory and shine

To the land that was like Heaven

But evil hangs over us again

It lies in ambush and waits for its hour

Do the people hear the voice of history

Salvation is in God alone

• Artist:Marko Perković
• Album:Ora et Labora (2013)