Песна 376
За Крушевската Република
Za Kruševskata Republika · For the Krusevo Republic
About this song
Listed in your songbook as one of the Ilinden songs to explore ("For the Kruševo Republic"). Qwen's draft describes it as a history lesson set to music: it names Nikola Karev as the republic's first president and lists Ilinden leaders such as Damjan Gruev, Pitu Guli and Jane Sandanski (unchecked). Not checked whether the text is traditional or a later composition.
Notes written for this site, partly drafted with an AI assistant. These notes are a draft and have not been checked by a native speaker.
English: machine translation, not checked by a native speaker
| Многу крвја, многу солзи | Mnogu krvja, mnogu solzi | Much blood, many tears |
| земја натопија | zemja natopija | soaked the land, |
| многу лисја гора смени | mnogu lisja gora smeni | the forest changed many leaves, |
| машка снага испи, | maška snaga ispi, | manly strength drank it in, |
| но по таа борба тешка | no po taa borba teška | but after that hard struggle |
| слобода ни блесна. | sloboda ni blesna. | freedom shone for us. |
| Во 1903-тата година | Vo 1903-tata godina | In the year 1903 |
| се создаде Република | se sozdade Republika | a Republic was created |
| во славно Крушево, | vo slavno Kruševo, | in glorious Krusevo, |
| Македонска република | Makedonska republika | the Macedonian Republic, |
| прва на Балканот. | prva na Balkanot. | the first in the Balkans. |
| Претседател прв ни беше | Pretsedatel prv ni beše | Our first president was |
| тој Никола Карев | toj Nikola Karev | Nikola Karev, |
| со Македонски Војводи | so Makedonski Vojvodi | with the Macedonian voivodes, |
| сите Илинденци, | site Ilindenci, | all the Ilinden fighters, |
| Даме Груев, Питу Гули | Dame Gruev, Pitu Guli | Dame Gruev, Pitu Guli |
| и Јане Сандански. | i Jane Sandanski. | and Jane Sandanski. |
| За слобода загинаа | Za sloboda zaginaa | For freedom they fell, |
| славните војводи | slavnite vojvodi | the glorious voivodes, |
| на Македонците они | na Makedoncite oni | to the Macedonians |
| завет оставија, | zavet ostavija, | they left a covenant, |
| да се борат за слобода | da se borat za sloboda | to fight for freedom |
| за Македонија. | za Makedonija. | for Macedonia. |
Translator's notes
Origin unclear; a patriotic song about the 1903 Ilinden uprising and the Krusevo Republic. 'Гора смени лисја' is rendered literally; my reading is that it means the forest passed through many seasons.
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Performers on Pesna.org: Александар Сариевски, Македонски мерак
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Lyrics: Pesna.org (folk lyrics in the public domain; site content CC BY). View on Pesna.org