Damir Imamovic: O bosanske gore snježne

First single from Damir Imamović's album SINGER OF TALES, WRASSE RECORDS, 2020

Music&lyrics by Omer Ombašić

Musicians: Damir Imamovic, Greg Cohen, Derya Türkan, Ivana Djuric
Singer Of Tales produced by Joe Boyd and Andrea Goertler

This video includes recordings made by VTF Studio, Imrana Kapetanović and Boris Stanišić

Video editing by Redžinald Šimek

Lyrics in Bosnian + English translation by Amira Sadiković:

O, bosanske gore snježne
Sevdalinko puna čežnje
U tebi su zore nježne
Bašče naše i avlije

Bašče naše i avlije
Kad ih medna rosa mije


Da je meni sada samo
Da se vratim opet tamo
Gdje je Bosna, gore njene
Moji snovi, uspomene


Pjevaj da me želja mine
Sevdalinku od davnine
Od ljepote neka sine
Lice Zemke Mulijine
O sevdahu pokraj Drine
Nâmu Fate Avdagine


English:


Oh, the snowy mountain tops
Oh, the longing sevdah songs
Tender are your dawns
Our courtyards and gardens
Glimmering with dew drops

Chorus:

If only I could return
If only for sojourn
To Bosnia and its peaks
That hold my memories and dreams


Sing to quench my soul's thirst
Let ancient sevdalinka burst
Let beauty shine a light
On Zemka's face, warm and bright
Sing a song of sevdah by the Drina
Let me hear about the pride of fair Fatima