SERBIA won the Eurovision Song Contest last night at a ceremony in Helsinki which saw the UK's entry come joint second-last.SHE'S GOOD. I WAS MOVED BY HER PERFORMANCE AND TALENT, AND THE MUSIC OF THE SONG. THE LYRICS ARE GOOD, TOO. WATCH IT. (Lyrics and translation in comments section.)
Marija Serifovic beat 23 competitors to clinch victory in a three-hour televised mishmash of power ballads, ethnic rhythms, and bubble-gum pop.
Serifovic scored 268 points from telephone voters in 42 countries with her potent but simply-staged ballad "Molitva", or "Prayer".
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Here are the lyrics - so you can sing-a-long:
ReplyDeletePrayer
Ni oka da sklopim
I can't close my eyes
Postelja prazna tera san
The empty bed chases sleep away
A život se topi
And my life is melting away
I nestaje brzo, k'o dlanom o dlan
And it's disappearing quickly, in a split second
K'o razum da gubim
It seems I'm losing my mind
Jer stvarnost i ne primećujem
As I don't even notice reality
Još uvek te ljubim
I still love you
Još uvek ti slepo verujem
I still trust you blindly
K'o luda, ne znam kuda
Like crazy, I don't know where to go
Ljubavi se nove bojim
I'm afraid of a new love
A dane, žive rane
And the days are like open wounds
Više ne brojim I
don't count them anymore
Molitva, kao žar na mojim usnama je
Prayer, like ardour on my lips
Molitva, mesto reči samo ime tvoje
Prayer, just your name, instead of words
Nebo zna, kao ja
Heaven knows, just as I do
Koliko puta sam ponovila
How many times I've repeated this
To nebo zna, baš kao ja
Heaven knows, just as I do
Da je ime tvoje moja jedina molitva
That your name is my only prayer
Al Bogu ne mogu lagati
But I can't lie to God
Sve dok se molim
As long as I pray
A lažem ako kažem
And I'd be lying if I said
Da te ne volim
That I don't love you
Molitva, kao žar na mojim usnama je
Prayer, like ardour on my lips
Molitva, mesto reči samo ime tvoje
Prayer, just your name, instead of words
Nebo zna, baš kao ja
Heaven knows, just as I do
Koliko puta sam ponovila
How many times I've repeated this
To nebo zna, baš kao ja
Heaven knows, just as I do
Da je ime tvoje moja molitva
That your name is my prayer
(Molitva, molitva)
(Prayer, prayer)
I nebo zna, baš kao ja
And heaven knows, just as I do
Koliko puta sam ponovila
How many times I've repeated this
To nebo zna, baš kao ja -
Heaven knows, just as I do
Da je ime tvoje moja jedina molitva -
That your name is my only prayer
Da je ime tvoje moja molitva -
That your name is my prayer
Translation by Vedran Dronjic.