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Dalmatian klapa song - lullaby originally from Trogir.

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ZASPALO JE SIROČETHE ORPHAN HAS FALLEN ASLEEP
  
Zaspalo je siročeThe orphan has fallen asleep
isprid tudih dvora,before foreign halls,
ručicama dozivacalling out with little hands
priko sinjeg mora.across the blue sea.
  
Dođi, dođi, oče moj,Come, come, my father,
mrkla noć se sprema,the dark night is drawing near,
naše mile majčiceour gentle mother
još nam doma nema.has not yet come home.
  
Sinoć su je odveliLast night they took her away,
neki crni judi,dark men,
tiho su joj pivalithey sang to her softly
da se ne probudi.so she would not wake.
  
Zaspalo je siročeThe orphan has fallen asleep
ispod jorgovana.beneath the lilac tree.
Njega će probuditiHe will be awakened only by
zora sudnjeg dana.the dawn of Judgment Day.

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