| "Uz Maršala Tita" | |
|---|---|
Musical notation and original text of the song, published inNaše pjesme, Zagreb, 1945 | |
| Song | |
| Language | Serbo-Croatian |
| English title | "With Marshal Tito" |
| Written | Vladimir Nazor |
| Published | 1943 |
| Genre | Revolutionary song |
| Composer | Oskar Danon |
"Uz Maršala Tita" ("With Marshal Tito"), originally titled "Pjesma o pesti" ("Song about thefist"), is aYugoslav Partisananthem praisingJosip Broz Tito, the country's liberation movement leader duringWorld War II. The originalSerbo-Croatian lyrics were written byVladimir Nazor and the music was composed byOskar Danon.[1]
Written in 1943 when relations between Josip Broz Tito and theSoviet leadership were close, the first verse of the song's original version read "Uz Tita i Staljina, dva junačka sina" ("With Tito andStalin, 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 ofAVNOJ inJajce,[1][2] at which Tito was named theMarshal of Yugoslavia.[3] The original version was deprecated from use in performances and print in songbooks after theTito–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 theUstaše ideology during the World War II-eraIndependent State of Croatia was minimizing theSlavic origin of theCroats, purporting that Croats are descendants of theGoths.[5] The middle stanza of this song addresses that by outright refutation of theGothic theory and by reaffirming the Slavic origins of allSouth Slavs.
| Serbo-Croatian | Literal translation | Poetic translation | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latin script | Cyrillic script | ||
Uz maršala Tita, junačkoga sina | Уз маршала Тита, јуначкога сина | With Marshal Tito, the heroic son | With Marshal Tito, brave son of our nation, |
| Slovenian[6] | Macedonian[7] | Slovak[8] | Russian[9] |
|---|---|---|---|
Z maršalom Titom, junaškim sinom | Со маршалот Тито, херојскиот син | So súdruhom Titom, Hrdinským synom | Нам с маршалом Тито, земли нашей сыном, |
In the late 1970s, not long before his death, Josip Broz Tito visitedNorth Korea,China, and theSoviet Union.[10] Upon his arrival in North Korea, theDPRK Ceremonial Choir performed "Uz Maršala Tita" in Serbo-Croatian to honour the Yugoslav president.[11][12]