Moja Republika

Moja Republika
Моја Република

English: My Republic
Regional anthem of Republika Srpska
Lyrics	Mladen Matović, 2008
Music	Mladen Matović, 2008
Adopted	2008 (de facto) 2012 (de jure)
Preceded by	Bože pravde
Audio sample
"Moja Republika" (choral) file help

Moja Republika (Serbian Cyrillic: Моја Република, English: My Republic) is the regional anthem of Republika Srpska, an entity within Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was written and composed by Mladen Matović and replaced the previous regional anthem Bože pravde, which was declared unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2006. Performance of Bože pravde in military parades persists.

History

During the selection process for a new regional anthem in 2008, Bosnian national anthem composer Dušan Šestić along with fellow Bosnian musician Benjamin Isović submitted an entry called "Мајко земљо" (English: "Mother Earth") as a contender, though ultimately it was not chosen.

On 16 July 2008 "Moja Republika" replaced the previous regional anthem "Bože pravde", which was declared unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2006.

Lyrics

The full song consists of six stanzas, but usually only the first three (in bold) are performed on public occasions for reasons of brevity.

In Cyrillic script	In Latin script	English translation
Тамо гдје најљепша се зора буди Часни и поносни живе добри људи Тамо гдје се рађа нашег сунца сјај Горд (Стамен) и пркосан је мој завичај За њега сви се сад помолимо Другу земљу ми немамо У срцу мом само је један дом У срцу велика моја република 𝄆 У срцу мом најљепша звијезда сја Моја република, Република Српска 𝄇 Тамо гдје су наши преци давни Име уписали у сваки корак славни Тамо гдје се рађа нашег сунца сјај Горд и пркосан је мој завичај За њега сви се сад помолимо Другу земљу ми немамо У срцу мом само је један дом У срцу велика моја република 𝄆 У срцу мом најљепша звијезда сја Моја република, Република Српска 𝄇	Tamo gdje najljepša se zora budi Časni i ponosni žive dobri ljudi Tamo gdje se rađa našeg sunca sjaj Gord (Stamen) i prkosan je moj zavičaj Za njega svi se sad pomolimo Drugu zemlju mi nemamo U srcu mom samo je jedan dom U srcu velika moja republika 𝄆 U srcu mom najljepša zvijezda sja Moja republika, Republika Srpska 𝄇 Tamo gdje su naši preci davni Ime upisali u svaki korak slavni Tamo gdje se rađa našeg sunca sjaj Gord i prkosan je moj zavičaj Za njega svi se sad pomolimo Drugu zemlju mi nemamo U srcu mom samo je jedan dom U srcu velika moja republika 𝄆 U srcu mom najljepša zvijezda sja Moja republika, Republika Srpska 𝄇	Where the most beautiful sunrise awakens There live good people, honourable and proud, Where the shine of our sun is being born There is my homeland - proud (strong) and defiant. Now let's all pray for it We have no other land. In my heart there's only one home My republic is great in heart 𝄆 In my heart the most beautiful star shines My republic, Republika Srpska 𝄇 Where our ancient forefathers had written their names in every glorious step, Where the shine of our sun is being born There's my homeland - stout and defiant. Now let's all pray for it We have no other land. In my heart there's only one home My republic is great in heart 𝄆 In my heart the most beautiful star shines My republic, Republika Srpska 𝄇

External links

• The portal Banja Luka Live has an article about "Moja Republika"
• The Republika Srpska Internet Portal has a page with lyrics and a sound file.