"Uz Maršala Tita" ("With Marshal Tito"), originally titled "Pjesma o pesti" ("Song about the fist"), is a Yugoslav Partisan anthem praising Josip Broz Tito, the country's liberation movement leader during World War II. The original Serbo-Croatian lyrics were written by Vladimir Nazor and the music was composed by Oskar Danon.[1]
"Uz Maršala Tita" | |
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Song | |
Language | Serbo-Croatian |
English title | "With Marshal Tito" |
Written | Vladimir Nazor |
Published | 1943 |
Genre | Revolutionary song |
Composer(s) | Oskar Danon |
Written in 1943 when relations between Josip Broz Tito and the Soviet leadership were close, the first verse of the song's original version read "Uz Tita i Staljina, dva junačka sina" ("With Tito and Stalin, two heroic sons"). According to the song's composer Oskar Danon, people spontaneously rechristened this verse as "Uz maršala Tita, junačkoga sina" ("With Marshal Tito, the heroic son") at its first hearing in 1943 at the second session of AVNOJ in Jajce,[1][2] at which Tito was named the Marshal of Yugoslavia.[3] The original version was deprecated from use in performances and print in songbooks after the Tito–Stalin split in 1948. It has been translated into all national languages of SFR Yugoslavia and minority languages such as Slovak (So Súdruhom Titom).[4]
One aspect of the Ustaše ideology during the World War II-era Independent State of Croatia was minimizing the Slavic origin of the Croats, purporting that Croats are descendants of the Goths.[5] The middle stanza of this song addresses that by outright refutation of the Gothic theory and by reaffirming the Slavic origins of all South Slavs.
Lyrics
editOriginal text
editSerbo-Croatian | Literal translation | |
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Latin script | Cyrillic script | |
Uz maršala Tita, junačkoga sina |
Уз маршала Тита, јуначкога сина |
With Marshal Tito, the heroic son |
In other languages
editSlovenian[6] | Macedonian[7] | Montenegrin | Slovak[8] | Russian[9] | |
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Latin alphabet | Cyrillic alphabet | ||||
Z maršalom Titom, junaškim sinom |
Со маршалот Тито, херојскиот син |
Uz maršala Tita, junačkoga sina |
Уз маршала Тита, јуначкога сина |
So súdruhom Titom, Hrdinským synom |
Нам с маршалом Тито, земли нашей сыном, |
Other performances
editIn the late 1970s, not long before his death, Josip Broz Tito visited North Korea, China, and the Soviet Union.[10] Upon his arrival in North Korea, the DPRK Ceremonial Choir performed "Uz Maršala Tita" in Serbo-Croatian to honour the Yugoslav president.[11][12]
References
edit- ^ a b "Novosti: Kako su nastajale partizanske pesme". Mondo.rs. 14 December 2008. Archived from the original on 3 September 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
- ^ Danon, Oskar (16 February 2009). "Jugoslavija je moja jedina domovina". e-Novine (Interview) (in Serbo-Croatian). Interviewed by Nikčević, Tamara. Archived from the original on 22 February 2009. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
- ^ Danon, Oskar (28 February 2008). "Živeti s muzikom". Vreme (Interview). No. 895. Interviewed by Ćirić, Sonja. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
- ^ Banac, Ivo (1988). With Stalin against Tito: Cominformist Splits in Yugoslav Communism. Cornell University Press. p. 8. ISBN 0-8014-2186-1. JSTOR 10.7591/j.ctv75d52q.
- ^ Jareb, Mario (2008). "Da li su Hrvati postali Goti? Odnos ustaša i vlasti Nezavisne Države Hrvatske prema neslavenskim teorijama o podrijetlu Hrvata". Časopis za suvremenu povijest. 40 (3): 869–882.
- ^ Uz Maršala Tita (Slovenian translation): Z maršalom Titom (2019-07-12). Maj Zore, LyricsTranslate.
- ^ Со маршалот Тито. Hosted on Macedonian Wikisource.
"Не е поетски превод. Преводот е базиран на принципите на буквалниот превод." - ^ So Súdruhom Titom lyrics. Hosted on LyricsTranslate.
"The Slovak version of the Yugoslav Partisan song 'Uz Maršala Tita'.
Year: 1977
Music: Oskar Danon
Lyrics: Antal Fekete" - ^ ЮГОСЛАВСКИЕ ПАРТИЗАНЫ - УЗ МАРШАЛА ТИТА (2016-11-02). byplaynew.ru.
- ^ JOSIP TITO. Alpha History.
- ^ Yugoslav Patriotic Song: Uz Maršala Tita - With Marshal Tito (DPRK Choir) (2021-03-19). Hosted on YouTube. Published by "Danjori".
- ^ Ansambl DNR Koreja (DPR North Korea) - UZ MARŠALA TITA / With Marshal Tito (2021-07-16). Hosted on YouTube. Published by "YU 0 Laki / Jugoslovenski partizani".