Aj, kolika je Jahorina planina

"Kolika je Jahorina planina"
"Kolika je Jahorina planina"
Single by Teška Industrija
A-side	"Aj kolika je Jahorina planina"
B-side	"Kovači sreće"
Released	July 11, 1975
Recorded	1975
Genre	Hard rock, rock
Label	Jugoton

"Kolika je Jahorina planina"
"Kolika je Jahorina planina"
Single by Nada Mamula
Released	1952
Genre	Folk
Label	Jugoton

Aj, kolika je Jahorina planina (Oh, how big is Jahora's mountain) is a traditional sevdalinka song from Bosnia and Herzegovina.^[1]

It was covered by many singers and bands, including Nada Mamula, Hanka Paldum and Teška industrija.

Lyrics

Serbo-Croatian	English translation
Aj, kolika je Jahorina planina, (x2) Aj, siv je soko preletjeti ne može, (x2) Aj, a kamoli dobar junak na konju! (x2) Aj, djevojka je pregazila bez konja! (x2) Aj, svi Bosanci dobre konje sedlaju, (x2) Aj, a Bosanke ruse kose češljaju! (x2)	Oh, how big is Jahora's mountain, (x2) Oh, the gray falcon cannot fly over it, (x2) Oh, let alone a good hero on a horse! (x2) Oh, the girl ran over it without a horse! (x2) Oh, all Bosnians saddle good horses, (x2) Oh, and Bosnian women comb their red hair! (x2)

Nada Mamula version

Her version is performed with harmonica. It was released on 78 rpm shellac.^[2]

Teška industrija version

Their version of this folk song is one of greatest hits from 1970s.^[3] The video was filmed on Jahorina.^[4]

In popular culture

TV Sarajevo sketch show Top lista nadrealista named fictional pastry shop after this song.

Yesterday in the early morning, the market inspection in the Ja'orina planina pastry shop owned by Sevcet Halimi and his two sons found the documents of two workers of Swedish nationality…
— Top lista nadrealista, Swedish workers in Sarajevo

References

^ "Vajta i pjesma "Aj, kolika je Jahorina planina"" [Vajta and the song "Aj, kolika je Jahorina planina"]. Radio Sarajevo. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
^ Nada Mamula - Kolika Je Jahorina Planina / Ječam Žele Tuzlanke Djevojke, retrieved 2022-05-28
^ Various - 70-e – 128 Originalnih Hitova, retrieved 2022-05-28
^ Teska industrija Aj, kolika je Jahorina planina, 18 May 2012, retrieved 2022-05-28

[1] "Vajta i pjesma "Aj, kolika je Jahorina planina"" [Vajta and the song "Aj, kolika je Jahorina planina"]. Radio Sarajevo. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2022.

[2] Nada Mamula - Kolika Je Jahorina Planina / Ječam Žele Tuzlanke Djevojke, retrieved 2022-05-28

[3] Various - 70-e – 128 Originalnih Hitova, retrieved 2022-05-28

[4] Teska industrija Aj, kolika je Jahorina planina, 18 May 2012, retrieved 2022-05-28

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