Dedication

Dedicated to Boka Kotorska

BOKA

Our dear Boka, Adriatic bride,

Covered with the sky like blue silk,

You are prettier than your coastal fairy

And brighter than her necklace.

Never could I stop looking at you!

But I long for one thing: to become a wave

Of your blue sea, and before thy shore

To eternally murmur and sing to you.

And to watch with you thy blue Mount Lovćen!

And then one day, when the Lord sends a sign,

When our eagles fly high in the sky

And when your arms free from the heavy chains,

To listen to the victorious anthem coming from your hills,

And to celebrate with you the day of golden freedom!

Aleksa Šantić (1906)