Tuzna majka
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ja cu doci kad god mogu
ja sam tvoje prvo dijete
i molim se za te Bogu
Da mi budes ziva, zdrava
nek' te sreca uvijek prati
a sto moram ovdje biti
znam da tvoja dusa pati
Sva su moja djeca
negdje u tudjini
a ja osta sama
u domovini
Moja dusa pati
kako sama osta
eto, tako zivim
vec godina dosta
Da li je to kazna
da li je od Boga
sto ja zivim sama
bez ikoga svoga
Brinem se za djecu
i molim se Bogu
da ih cuva, da mi dodju
da ih vidjet mogu
Kad blagdani dodju
bicu opet s njima
moja ce se dusa
radovati njima
Kada nazad podju
majci srce pati
da li cu ih opet
ziva docekati
Djeca su joj u tudjini
bracu, sestre zemlja krije
ostala je jadna sama
jos je samo sunce grije
Tuzna majka
“Tužna majka” (“The Sad Mother”) takes the familiar image of the migrant child and turns it into a promise of care across distance. The singer says he will visit his mother whenever he can, and prays for her health, while admitting that she remains alone in the homeland as her children live abroad. The emotional center is the gap between intention and presence: love is real, but it cannot always close the miles.
The song’s point of view matters. This is not only the mother’s lament; it is a child’s acknowledgment that migration has left her behind. The narrator knows her soul is hurting, and his promise to return carries both tenderness and guilt. In the refrain’s world, family separation is not an abstract consequence of economics or history. It is one woman alone in her home country, waiting for the children she raised.
Mara i Lole’s duet format gives the subject a communal quality, as if the song holds both sides of the separation in its voices. Specific independent critical coverage is limited, so I won’t imply a broader consensus. “Tužna majka” is strongest when it avoids easy consolation. A visit and a prayer matter, but neither makes the mother’s solitude disappear. The song recognizes the cost of leaving without condemning the people who had to go.