Oj, svijetla majska zoro

"Oj, svijetla majska zoro" (Cyrillic: Ој, свијетла мајска зоро; "Oh, Bright Dawn of May") is the national anthem of Montenegro adopted in 2004. It was a popular folk song with many variations of its text. The oldest version dates back to the second half of the 19th century.Закон о државним симболима и дану државности Црне Горе (2004).

 Lyrics 
Montenegrin CyrillicMontenegrin LatinIPA transcriptionMetered English translation𝄆 [ˈoj sʋjêːtʎa mâjska zǒro] 𝄇
𝄆 [mâjko nâʃa t͡sr̩̂ːnaː ɡǒro] 𝄇
𝄆 [sîːnoʋî smɔ́ tʋôːɡ stijěːɲa] 𝄇
𝄆 [i t͡ʃǔʋaːri tʋôːɡ ˈpɔʃtɛɲa] 𝄇
[ʋǒʎimɔ́ ʋâːs ˈbr̩da tʋr̂ːda]
[i strǎːʋiˈt͡ʃɲě ˈvaʃɛ kʋant͡sě]
[kǒjiː nîkad ne ˈpɔz.naʃě]
[sramǒtnɔ̀ːɡa rǒpstʋa lǎːnʃě]
𝄆 [mâjko nâʃa t͡sr̩̂ːnaː ɡǒro] 𝄇

𝄆 [ˈoj sʋjêːtʎa mâjksa zǒro] 𝄇
𝄆 [mâjko nâʃa t͡sr̩̂ːnaː ɡǒro] 𝄇
[dôk ˈlof t͡ɕênskoj nâʃoj ˈmisli]
[nâʃa slôɡa ˈdaje ˈkrila]
[bǐːt͡ɕe ɡôːrda bǐːt͡ɕe slâːʋna]
[dǒmoʋina nâʃa mîʎa]
[rjěːka t͡ɕe nâʃîx ʋǎlaː]
[ˈuskaʃut͡ɕe ˈu dʋâː mǒːra]
𝄆 [ɡláːs nǒsiti okěaːnu]
[ˈda je ʋjêt͡ʃno t͡sr̩̂ːnaː ɡǒra] 𝄇
[ˈda je ʋjêt͡ʃno t͡sr̩̂ːnaː ɡǒra] 𝄇𝄆 O bright dawn of May blazes forth 𝄇
𝄆 Our mother Montenegro 𝄇
𝄆 We are the sons of your gravel 𝄇
𝄆 And guardians of your candour 𝄇
We love you, your craggy highlands
And your magnificent gorges
Which never came to experience
The chains of shameful slavery
𝄆 Our mother Montenegro 𝄇

𝄆 O bright dawn of May blazes forth 𝄇
𝄆 Our mother Montenegro 𝄇
For the cause of our Lovchen
Our unity gives us wings
All proud and lauded shall we be
Our dear homeland beloved
Estuary of our waves
That surges into the two seas
𝄆 Shall bear voice into the ocean
That Montenegro is ageless 𝄇
That Montenegro is ageless

 References 

Category:European anthems
Category:National symbols of Montenegro