Learning with music: Eugen - Tišine

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Learning through music is not only fun and engaging, but it also helps improve your listening skills, pronunciation, and cultural understanding.

Croatian music is rich and full of emotion, and it’s a great way to hear the language as it’s really spoken.

Let’s enjoy the rhythm, discover new words, and learn Croatian in a natural, musical way!

Text with lyrics of the song in Croatian and English

Tišine

Hej tišine, vodite me vi.
Duboko je more
ostavilo znak
I dolazim sad
Da nađem ti trag, nađem ti trag.
K'o rijeka što ide
Dozivam ti glas,
Pjevajući tebi
Molim za nas, ja molim za spas.
Sjene su ove duhovi
Skriveni u prašini.
Ooooo
Ooooo
Je li tamo nebo bolje od svih nas?
Ooooo
Ooooo
Nikad nitko neće voljet' te k'o ja.
Sjene su ove duhovi
Skriveni u prašini.
Ooooo
Ooooo
Je li tamo nebo bolje od svih nas?
Ooooo
Ooooo
Nikad nitko neće voljet' te k'o ja.
Zvijezde pričaju priče mi
A ti? A ti?
Da sada s njima gore si,
A mi?
Nikad nitko neće voljet' te k'o ja.
Ooooo
Ooooo
Je li tamo nebo bolje od svih nas?
Ooooo
Ooooo
Ja nikad nisam bio tako sam.
Hej tišine, vodite me vi

Silence

Hey silence, you guide me.
The deep sea
left a sign
And I come now
To find your trace, to find your trace.
Like a river that flows
I call out to you,
Singing to you
I pray for us, I pray for salvation.
These shadows are ghosts
Hidden in the dust.
Ooooo
Ooooo
Is there a sky better than all of us?
Ooooo
Ooooo
No one will ever love you like me.
These shadows are ghosts
Hidden in the dust.
Ooooo
Ooooo
Is there a sky better than all of us?
Ooooo
Ooooo
No one will ever love you like me.
The stars tell stories to me
And you? And you?
That now you are with them up there,
And we?
No one will ever love you like me.
Ooooo
Ooooo
Is there a sky better than all of us?
Ooooo
Ooooo
I've never been so alone.
Hey silence, you lead me

Vocabulary of new words and meanings:

tišine (tee-SHEE-neh) — silence
hej (hey) — hey
vodite (VO-dee-teh) — lead / guide (plural imperative)
duboko (doo-BO-ko) — deep
more (MO-reh) — sea
ostavilo (os-TA-vee-lo) — left
znak (znahk) — sign
dolazim (DO-la-zeem) — I come / I'm arriving
naći (NAH-chee) — to find
trag (trahg) — trace / clue / track
k'o (ko) — like / as (contracted form of kao)
rijeka (rye-KA) — river
ide (EE-deh) — goes
dozivam (DO-zee-vam) — I call / I cry out
glas (glahs) — voice
pjevajući (PYE-va-yoo-chee) — singing
molim (MO-leem) — I beg / I pray
spas (spahs) — salvation
sjene (SYE-neh) — shadows
duhovi (DOO-ho-vee) — ghosts / spirits
skriveni (skree-VEH-nee) — hidden
prašina (PRA-shee-na) — dust
nebo (NEH-bo) — sky
bolje (BO-lyeh) — better
od svih nas (od sveeh nahs) — than all of us
nikad (NEE-kahd) — never
nitko (NEET-ko) — nobody / no one
neće (NEH-che) — won't / will not
voljet' (voljeti) (VO-lyet) — to love
zvijezde (ZVYEZ-deh) — stars
pričaju (PREE-cha-yoo) — (they) tell
priče (PREE-cheh) — stories
mi (mee) — to me / for me
s njima (s NYEE-ma) — with them
gore (GO-reh) — up there
bio (BEE-o) — was / have been (masculine)
sam (sahm) — alone

Thank you and see you next time!