THE WHITE KNIGHT 

By: Russ Kirin and Dan Shebetich  - © 2021 All Rights Reserved 

Klapa Introduction:  Daleko mi je biser Jadrana, Daleko mi je moj Dubrovnik  

Verse 1A:  There beyond the breakers and the dark affairs of state, Stands the city God has made of pearl from Heaven’s gate  

And there he placed a treasure, the faithful and the free, The people of Dubrovnik, the masters of the sea  

Verse 1B:  And God sent down a soldier, a broadsword in his hand, A knight in shining armor, and gave him this command 

Turn back every legion, every tyrant born of Hell, Stay until the final day, and guard my treasure well  

Refrain 1:  Like a White Knight, You stand forever true, Like a White Knight, God put His faith in you

Bridge 1:  With your eyes on the horizon, and your hand upon your sword, For your people and their liberty, for your duty and your Lord  

Chorus 1:  You stand forever, You stand forever, You stand on guard forever like a White Knight  

Verse 2A:  On guard throughout the ages, against the tides of war, Prepared for any peril to the pearl upon your shore  

No, none dared test your mettle, none cared to taste your steel, For no man stood the measure of your heavenly ideal  

Verse 2B:  But you welcomed every traveler, Every peaceful, godly man, Every soldier, every sailor, from every distant land  

And you let them hold the treasure, let them wear His precious pearl, The crown of all creation, the jewel of all the world  

Refrain 2:  Like a White Knight, The legend of the land. Like a White Knight (bijelog viteza), So strong you always stand                   

Bridge 2:  Like a high, majestic mountain (You stand)  Like the sky above the sea (You stand)  Like Orion in the winter night (You stand)  Like the Cross of Calvary (You stand)  

Chorus 2:  You stand forever, You stand forever, You stand on guard forever like a White Knight.  

Chant:  Far away from me (Daleko) - is the Pearl of the Adriatic (Daleko), Far away from me (Daleko) - is my Dubrovnik  (je  moj  Dubrovnik).

Verse 3A:  I will tell my sons the story, of the lone, courageous knight, I will sing to them the glory of his one heroic fight  

The noble, stone-white soldier, the keeper of the crown, Against the jealous bastard who tried to strike him down  

Verse 3B:  When the Devil sent his general, his Judas to attack, He embraced you like a brother and he stabbed you in the back  

Oh, all the world looked on in horror as he reveled in his sin, Far away I cried, Oh no! Oh God! - don’t let the Devil win  

Bridge 3:  But you held the field of honor, though his arrows pierced your shield, And his cannons cracked your armor, and still you would not yield 

For the pride of all Croatia (Hrabrost), The bravest knight of all (viteza), The Champion of Dalmatia (Dubrovnik), Will never, never fall (Pobjeda).                                                                                                      

Chorus 3A:  You stand forever, You stand forever, You stand forever, You stand forever (Dubrovnik)           

You stand forever, You stand forever, You stand forever, You stand forever (Lijepa nasa domovino, zauvijek stojis)                                               

Chorus 3B:  You stand, You stand, You stand, You stand (Dubrovnik),  We stand, We stand, We stand, We stand  (Libertas)                                 

Chorus 3C:  //: We stand together, We stand together, We stand on guard forever with the White Knight ://  

Chorus 3D:  We stand together, We stand together, We stand on guard forever with the White Knight  (Oh yes we stand, we stand together, Oh yes we stand on guard forever with the White Knight)  

We stand together, We stand together (We stand, we stand together)  We stand on guard forever with The White Knight 

We stand on guard forever with The White Knight