Uz Maršala Tita
Uz Maršala Tita (English: With Marshall Tito) is a Yugoslav Partisan anthem about Marshal and president of SFR Yugoslavia Josip Broz Tito, written by Vladimir Nazor and composed by Oskar Danon.[1]
During World War II in Yugoslavia, the Ustaše regime in German-sponsored Independent State of Croatia (NDH) claimed origins from Goths (i.e., Ostrogoths, see also theories about origin of Croats), instead of Slavs,[2] which would make them Aryans, and closer to the Nazi regime. The middle stanza of this song addresses that by outright refutal of the Gothic theory and by reaffirming the Slavic origins of all South Slavs.
Lyrics
Serbo-Croatian Latin | Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic | Literal English translation | English translation |
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Uz maršala Tita, junačkoga sina Rod prastari svi smo, a Goti mi nismo, Sve prste na ruci u jadu i muci |
Уз маршала Тита, јуначкога сина Род прастари сви смо, а Готи ми нисмо Све прсте на руци у јаду и муци |
With Marshall Tito, the heroic son Of an ancient kindred we are, but Goths we are not All the fingers upon our hands, through misery and suffering |
With great Marshall Tito, our land's bravest hero, We're from an ancient tribe, but Goths we don't ascribe, All fingers on our hands will fight to save our lands, |
References
- ^ http://www.mtsmondo.com/news/world/text.php?vest=118576
- ^ Noel Malcolm, Bosnia: A Short History (1994), Chapter 1