Original title of this song was Mojoj majci which means To My Mother. Jasenko Houra, who wrote the song in the late 1980s, initially dedicated it to his mother, hence the original title.
However, since Croatia was part of Yugoslavia at that time and nationalist tensions that eventually escalated in...
U njenu sobu udjem tiho...
Tiho bas, na prstima...
Bojim se, da ne zalupnim glasno vratima
Zaspala je zadnja ruza hrvatska
I tek sad, kad te nema...
Tko ce jutrom da me budi?
I tek sad, kad te nema, dobro znam:
Ti si bila zadnja ruza hrvatska
Ruzo, moja ruzice...
Sve sam suze isplako
Nocu zbog tebe
Ruzo, moja ruzice...
Sve sam suze isplako...
I kako sad... polako sam
Protiv tuge i oluje...?
Kad smo bili... kao prsta dva
Prsta dva jedne ruke
Ruzo, moja ruzice...
Sve sam suze isplako
Nocu zbog tebe
Ruzo, moja ruzice...
Sve sam suze isplako