Ostat ce samo pjesma
Kemal Monteno · Other Songs - Kemal Monteno
najljepsa pjesma o ljubavi
bila si moja, a sada
a sada, a sada, ne znam ja
u cijem si narucju ti
Sjecam se, bio je maj
u skolskoj bluzi si bila ti
bila si ljepsa od cvijeca, od rijeke
od onog proljeca
ljepsa od najljepseg sna
Danas je sve to samo tuzan san
o prvoj mojoj ljubavi
ostat ce samo pjesma moja, znam
i s' pjesmom, duso, ja i ti
What remains after a love has passed
“Ostat će samo pjesma” (“Only the Song Will Remain”) is Kemal Monteno's meditation on how music can outlast a relationship. Its central idea is simple and poignant: love may pass, but the memory of it can remain preserved in a song. Monteno's familiar, unforced vocal makes that reflection feel personal, while the melody gives the track the warmth of a memory being revisited rather than a lesson being announced.
Released in 1977 on *Moje pjesme, moji snovi* (“My Songs, My Dreams”), the recording comes from an early period in Monteno's career as a major Yugoslav singer-songwriter. His work often blended pop accessibility with the melancholy and melodic turns associated with Bosnian sevdah. This song makes that combination especially clear: it is structured as a direct ballad, yet its subject is music itself and the role songs play in carrying private experiences into public memory.
A formal chart history is not widely available, but the track remains part of Monteno's enduring catalogue and continues to circulate through streaming platforms and lyric archives. It has a self-referential quality that gives it a distinctive place among love songs: the narrator understands that the recording may be the only thing left after the relationship ends. “Ostat će samo pjesma” is both a romantic lament and a quiet statement about the lasting power of songwriting.