Jedna si jedina

Jedna si jedina
English: You Are the One and Only
You Are the One And Unique

National anthem of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Lyrics	Dino Merlin, 1992
Music	Dino Merlin
Adopted	November 1992
Relinquished	10 February 1998

"Jedna si jedina" ("You Are the One and Only") was the national anthem of Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1998.^[1]

The music was taken from the old Bosnian folk song "S one strane Plive" ("On the far bank of the Pliva river" or "On the other side of the Pliva river"), and the lyrics were written by Bosnian singer Dino Merlin. It was adopted in November 1992, several months after independence in March 1992. A new anthem - "The National Anthem of Bosnia and Herzegovina" - was adopted in 1999. "Jedna si jedina" is still considered to be the real anthem of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Bosniaks. Many Bosniaks still sing this anthem because they believe that it should be the official anthem of the country, and because the current anthem of Bosnia and Herzegovina does not have any official lyrics.^[2]

Lyrics

Bosnian

Zemljo tisućljetna,
na vjernost ti se kunem.
Od mora do Save
od Drine do Une.

Jedna si, jedina,
moja domovina.
Jedna si jedina
Bosna i Hercegovina.

Bog nek' te sačuva
za pokoljenja nova.
Zemljo mojih snova,
mojih pradjedova.

Jedna si, jedina,
moja domovina.
Jedna si jedina
Bosna i Hercegovina.

English

I pledge my loyalty to you
My thousand-year old land
From the Sava to the sea
From the Drina to the Una

You are the one and only
The only homeland I have
You are the one and only
Bosnia and Herzegovina

May God save you
For the generations to come
You are the land of my dreams
The land of my forefathers

You are the one and only
The only homeland I have
You are the one and only
Bosnia and Herzegovina

References

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