This is the story of Sarajevo, and a boy and a girl,
Who thought their city at night was the most beautiful in all the world.
When Admira met Bosco that New Year’s, it was love at first sight.
Above the Miliaka River, they kissed in the moonlight.The history of their families was forged six hundred years ago,
On the fields of the Blackbirds, at the Battle of Koshovo.
Bosco’s ancestors carried banners emblazoned with the cross,
While Admira’s people were called to prayer at the Mosque.
They held each other so tenderly in that first embrace.
It’s a story don’t you see, as old as the human race.
Then the war came to Sarajevo, and their world went dark.
Admira said to her mama, “Not even bullets can keep us apart.”
Admidst the bombs and devestation, they did all that they could
For their families and orphaned children, brought their old neighbor firewood.
But when Bosco’s life was threatened, he knew he must escape.
Admira said, “I’ll go with you”, knowing the risk she’d have to take.
Everything was ready, according to the plan.
They started out across the bridge in “No Man’s Land”.
But they never made it to the other side.
No one knows who fired, in each other’s arms they died.
Now they hold each other for eternity in a last embrace,
As if they’re holding you and me, and the hopes of the human race.
They were going to have a honeymoon, they were going to settle down.
They were going to raise their children in their own beloved town.
Now, Admira and Bosco are together and spring has come again.
Just like their will to live and the hopes that never end.
A young couple walks across the bridge now, just like the one before.
In the shadow of the battle, love still wins the war.
Now they hold each other for eternity in a last embrace,
As if they’re holding you and me, and the hopes of the human race.
This is the story of Sarajevo, and a boy and a girl,
Who thought their city at night was the most beautiful in all the world.
