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Marš na Drinu (Serbian Cyrillic: Марш на Дрину, pronounced [mârʃ na drǐːnu]; English: March to the Drina) is a Serbian patriotic song from World War I and the title of a film (1964).
During World War I, the river Drina (located on the border between Bosnia and Herzegovina in eastern Bosnia and Serbia) was the site of a bloody battle between the Serbian and Austro-Hungarian army, the Battle of Cer, from August 16 to August 19, 1914. To honour the bravery of the fallen, the Serbian composer Stanislav Binički composed Marš na Drinu. This song has become a symbol of the bravery of the Serbs during the First World War.
In the Serbian constitutional referendum of 1992, the citizens have voted by vast majority to make it the official anthem of the Republic of Serbia. However, due to the highly flammable nature of the events in the Yugoslav civil wars and especially the neighboring Bosnian war, it was never officially adopted. Instead, the National Assembly had approved the old “God of Justice” anthem from the regal period as the national anthem.
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Lyrics
This is incomplete popular version of the song.
Serbian
У бој, крените јунаци сви,
Крен'те и не жал'те живот свој,
Цер нек види строј, Цер нек чује бој, а река Дрина,
Славу храброст и јуначку руку оца сина.
Пој, пој, Дрино водо хладна ти,
Памти, причај кад су падали,
Памти храбри строј који је пун огња, силе, снаге,
Протерао туђина са реке наше драге.
Пој, пој, Дрино, причај роду ти,
Како смо се храбро борили,
Певао је строј, војево'о се бој,
Крај хладне воде,
Крв је текла,
Крв се лила Дрином због слободе.English
To battle, go forth you heroes,
Go on and don't regret your lives
Let the Cer see the front, let the Cer hear the guns
and the river Drina's glory, courage!
And the heroic hand of the father and sons!
Sing, sing, cold water of the Drina,
Remember, and tell of the ones whom fell,
Remember the brave front, full of fire and mighty force
Whom expelled the invaders from our dear river!
Sing, sing, Drina, tell the generations,
How we bravely fought,
The front sang, the battle was fought
Near cold water
Blood was flowing,
Blood was streaming by the Drina... for Freedom!Popular music versions
"March to Drina" by The Shadows on the album Shadow Music (1966)
"Marš..." by Radomir Mihailović Točak on the EP "Marš..." / "...na Drinu" (PGP RTB 1984)
"Mars on River Drina" by Laibach on the album NATO (1994)References
Slobodan Ristanović: "Prvenac na Drini"
External links
Categories:- Patriotic songs
- Serbian patriotic songs
- Culture of Republika Srpska
- Military marches
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