Bosnian love poem
Ogledalo
Tvoja slika u ogledalu
Je moja najbolja poezija
Ali budi brz, nestaje
To je moje zadnje "Volim te"
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Bosnian girl and language
Love poem (pjesma o ljubavi) "the mirror" translated into bosnian.
Even translated, my 4 little lines would to seduce you. Are you a poet you will ask me? A bit, sometimes i shall answer you, but you, are you a poetess? But before, where are you? Have you seen YOUR poem, to keep it secret inside you. Yes, secret, because the words of love must always remain secrets.
The Bosnian language autonym : Bosanski, which is a Serbo-Croatian variant, is of course an Indo-European language, and it is an official language in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Don't tell Her that her reflection is Serbian or Croatian, her picture is an unique bosnian love poem.
History of Bosnian literature
2.2 million speakers will understand this translation. Serbian, Bosnian, Croatian and Montenegrin are in fact one and unique language. Bosnia takes its name from the Bosna (the Bosante of Antiquity), a tributary of the Sava.
Its a part of the Roman Empire in the 6th century, and in the 10th century, the object of the ambitions of Bulgaria which annexed the eastern border. Then, it is a part of the Croatian state.
In the 15th century Bosnia must pay tribute to the Turks who conquier it. Its status is then special. Then it's a war with Austria. With the retreat of Turks in the 18th century the situation of Bosnia deteriorate and it is the war with Serbs and Montenegrins. Austria-Hungary will finish to annexe it in 1908. The movement of young Bosnians is formed and led to the assassination of François Ferdinand in Sarajevo, so come the First World War. In 1918 Bosnia unite with the new "Yugoslav" state.