Alexandra Rogljic, the head of Serbian delegation, confirmed to estoday that Molitva (Prayer) this year�s Serbian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest will be performed in Serbian language, as expected. esctoday.com brings you some biography information on the singer Marija Serifovic as well as the official translation of the lyrics.

Marija was born on November 14th 1984, in Kragujevac, Serbia.She recorded her first album Naj, Najbolja (Simply the Best) in 2003, which due to Marija’s exquisite voice received excellent reviews from both critics and public. In 2004, she participated for the first time at the popular Budva festival in Montenegro with a song Gorka cokolada (Bitter Chocolate). The following year, with a song Bol do ludila (Unbearable Pain) she won the first prize at the festival. In 2005 at the Serbian Radio Festival she received a hat-full of prizes for her performance of the song U Nedelju (On Sunday) including the grand prix of the festival, award for the best vocal performance, special awards from the critics, colleagues and audience.

Marija won both semi-final and final of this year’s Beovizija with her song Molitva (Prayer) and will represent Serbia at the Eurovision Song Contest. As a new country, Serbia will have to go through semi-final in Helsinki.

Prayer

Music by:Vladimir Graić
Lyrics by:S.M.Mare

I'm wide awake
An empty bed drives my dreams away
Life melts like ice
Disappears in the twinkling of an eye

I'm losing my mind,
Pushing reality out of sight
Our lips are touching softly
You're the one I believe blindly

I walk around like crazy
Falling in love frightens me
Days are like wounds
Countless and hard to get through

Prayer…
It burns my sore lips like a fire
Prayer…
Thy name is something I admire
Heaven knows just as well as I do
So many times I have cried over you
Heaven knows just as well as I do
I pray and live only for you

I can't lie to God
as I kneel down and pray
You're the love of my life
That's the only thing I can say