If You ask what Bosnia is

If You Ask What Bosnia Is

If you ask what Bosnia is
here is what:
a noble and a mighty soul,
Bosnian at heart.

If you ask who Bosnia is
here is who,
a friendly yet so proud
Bosnian heart.

If you ask where Bosnia is
here is where,
within our chests she dreams
the loveliest dreams.

If you ask by what she’s known
most easily,
through sevdah and sevdalinkas
her garments were woven.

If you ask who guards her
and who watches her,
for centuries above her stand watch
her warriors.

If you ask whether Bosnia
was given by God,
that I do not know, but she is paradise
of this world.

If you ask why I love her
here is why,
there I was born, and there my
heart remained.