 "oj, svijetla majska zoro" (montenegrin cyrillic: âÐÑ, ÑÐ²Ð¸ÑÐµÑÐ»Ð° Ð¼Ð°ÑÑÐºÐ° Ð·Ð¾ÑÐ¾â, trans. "oh, bright dawn of may") is the official national anthem of montenegro adopted in 2004. before becoming the anthem, it was a popular folk song of the montenegrins, with many variations of its text. the oldest one is dated to the 2nd half of the 19th century, known as "oh, bright dawn of heroism, oh!", a popular montenegrin folk song. == lyrics == {| border="0" cellpadding="10" |- ! montenegrin language - cyrillic ! montenegrin language - latin ! english |- | ÐÑ ÑÐ²Ð¸ÑÐµÑÐ»Ð° Ð¼Ð°ÑÑÐºÐ° Ð·Ð¾ÑÐ¾ ÐÐ°ÑÐºÐ¾ Ð½Ð°ÑÐ° Ð¦ÑÐ½Ð° ÐÐ¾ÑÐ¾ Ð¡Ð¸Ð½Ð¾Ð²Ð¸ ÑÐ¼Ð¾ ÑÐ²Ð¾Ð³ ÑÑÐ¸ÑÐµÑÐ° Ð ÑÑÐ²Ð°ÑÐ¸ ÑÐ²Ð¾Ð³ Ð¿Ð¾ÑÑÐµÑÐ° ÐÐ¾Ð»Ð¸Ð¼Ð¾ Ð²Ð°Ñ, Ð±ÑÐ´Ð° ÑÐ²ÑÐ´Ð°, Ð ÑÑÑÐ°Ð²Ð¸ÑÐ½Ðµ Ð²Ð°ÑÐµ ÐºÐ»Ð°Ð½ÑÐµ ÐÐ¾ÑÐ¸ Ð½Ð¸ÐºÐ°Ð´ Ð½Ðµ Ð¿Ð¾Ð·Ð½Ð°ÑÐµ Ð¡ÑÐ°Ð¼Ð¾ÑÐ½Ð¾Ð³Ð° ÑÐ¾Ð¿ÑÑÐ²Ð° Ð»Ð°Ð½ÑÐµ. ÐÐ¾Ðº Ð»Ð¾Ð²ÑÐµÐ½ÑÐºÐ¾Ñ Ð½Ð°ÑÐ¾Ñ Ð¼Ð¸ÑÐ»Ð¸ ÐÐ°ÑÐ° ÑÐ»Ð¾Ð³Ð° Ð´Ð°ÑÐµ ÐºÑÐ¸Ð»Ð°, ÐÐ¸ÑÐµ Ð³Ð¾ÑÐ´Ð°, Ð±Ð¸ÑÐµ ÑÐ»Ð°Ð²Ð½Ð° ÐÐ¾Ð¼Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ð½Ð° Ð½Ð°ÑÐ° Ð¼Ð¸Ð»Ð°. Ð Ð¸ÑÐµÐºÐ° ÑÐµ Ð½Ð°ÑÐ¸Ñ Ð²Ð°Ð»Ð°, Ð£ÑÐºÐ°ÑÑÑÐ¸ Ñ Ð´Ð²Ð° Ð¼Ð¾ÑÐ°, ÐÐ»Ð°Ñ Ð½Ð¾ÑÐ¸ÑÐ¸ Ð¾ÐºÐµÐ°Ð½Ñ, ÐÐ° ÑÐµ Ð²ÑÐµÑÐ½Ð° Ð¦ÑÐ½Ð° ÐÐ¾ÑÐ°. | oj svijetla majska zoro, majko naÅ¡a crna goro, sinovi smo tvog stijenja i Äuvari tvog poÅ¡tenja. volimo vas, brda tvrda, i straviÄne vaÅ¡e klance koji nikad ne poznaÅ¡e sramotnoga ropstva lance. dok lovÄenskoj naÅ¡oj misli naÅ¡a sloga daje krila, biÄe gorda, biÄe slavna domovina naÅ¡a mila. rijeka Äe naÅ¡ih vala, uskaÄuÄi u dva mora, glas nositi okeanu, da je vjeÄna crna gora! | oh, bright dawn of may our mother montenegro we are sons of your rocks and keepers of your honesty we love you, the rocky hills and your awesome gorges that never came to know the chains of shameful slavery. while our unity gives wings to our lovÄen cause proud shall be, celebrated will be our dear homeland. a river of our waves, jumping into two seas, will bear voice to the ocean, may eternal be our montenegro! |} == as sung == although those are the official lyrics, a lot of verses are repeated in order to follow the rhythmic composition. to sing the anthem properly, one must follow the text like this: {| border="0" cellpadding="10" |- ! montenegrin language - cyrillic ! montenegrin language - latin ! [[english
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