Learning with music: Pocket Palma - Cetiri zida

 

You already know this section: where I share a Croatian song, the lyrics, and useful vocabulary.

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

Cetiri zida  

Mislim da sam hrabar

Al' trebam tebe da me spasiš

Trebam tebe da me spasiš

Nestaje mi snaga

Sve uložio sam

Kada nešto će se vratit

Moje želje moji izgubljeni dani

Potraga za nečim što me hrani

Svaki korak svojim tijelom me obrani

Demoni šuškaju o tajni

Boljeg sada nikad nismo bili gladni

Teški putevi nam nisu bili važni

Svaki korak svojim tijelom me obrani

Demoni šuškaju o tajni

Sakrij me od svih

Daj da budem ja

U naša četiri zida

Uvijek drži nas

Sakrij me od svih

Daj da budem ja

U naša četiri zida

Samo ti to znaš

Nisam to što drugi vide

Nisam to što drugi vide

Riskiram sve

Što uložio sam

Ništa vratit mi se neće

Moje želje moji izgubljeni dani

Potraga za nečim što me hrani

Svaki korak svojim tijelom me obrani

Demoni šuškaju o tajni

Boljeg sada nikad nismo bili gladni

Teški putevi nam nisu bili važni

Svaki korak svojim tijelom me obrani

Demoni šuškaju o tajni

Sakrij me od svih

Daj da budem ja

U naša četiri zida

Uvijek drži nas

Sakrij me od svih

Daj da budem ja

U naša četiri zida

Mislim da bih tako bio bolji

Mislim da bih tako bio

Four Walls

I think I'm brave

But I need you to save me

I need you to save me

My strength is running out

I've invested everything

When will something come back

My desires my lost days

The search for something that nourishes me

Every step defends me with my body

Demons whisper about a secret

We've never been hungrier than now

Hard roads weren't important to us

Every step defends me with my body

Demons whisper about a secret

Hide me from everyone

Let me be me

Within our four walls

Always hold us

Hide me from everyone

Let me be me

Within our four walls

Only you know that

I'm not what others see

I'm not what others see

I'm risking everything

What I invested

Nothing will come back to me

My desires my lost days

The search for something that nourishes me

Every step defends me with my body

Demons whisper about a secret

We've never been better than now hungry

The hard roads were not important to us

Every step defend me with your body

Demons whisper about a secret

Hide me from everyone

Let me be me

Within our four walls

Always hold us

Hide me from everyone

Let me be me

Within our four walls

I think I would be better that way

I think I would be better that way

Vocabulary of new words and meanings:

hrabar – HRA-bar – brave
spasiš – SPA-seesh – you save
nestaje – NES-ta-ye – disappears
snaga – SNA-ga – strength
uložio – oo-LO-zhee-o – invested
vratit – VRA-teet – to return
želje – ZHE-lye – wishes
izgubljeni – eess-GOOB-lye-nee – lost
potraga – po-TRA-ga – search
hrani – HRA-nee – feeds, nourishes
korak – KO-rak – step
tijelom – TYE-lohm – body (instrumental case)
obrani – o-BRA-nee – defends
demoni – DE-mo-nee – demons
šuškaju – SHOOSH-ka-yoo – whisper, rustle
tajni – TAI-nee – secret (genitive/dative case)
sakrij – SA-kree – hide (imperative)
daj – dye – give (imperative)
budem – BU-dem – I be (subjunctive)
naša – NA-sha – our (feminine)
četiri zida – CHE-ti-ree ZEE-da – four walls
uvijek – OO-vyek – always
drži – DR-zhee – hold (imperative)
riskiram – REE-skee-ram – I risk
ništa – NEESH-ta – nothing
važni – VAZH-nee – important (plural)
bili – BEE-lee – were (past plural)
gladni – GLAHD-nee – hungry (plural)
mislim – MEES-leem – I think
bih – beeh – would (conditional auxiliary)

Thank you and see you next time!