Rjana Łužica Rědna Łužyca | |
En Alt Title: | National Anthem of Sorbia |
En Alt Title 2: | Our Sorbia |
Country: | Lusatia |
Author: | Handrij Zejler |
Composer: | Korla Awgust Kocor |
Music Date: | 1845 |
"Rjana Łužica" (Lower Sorbian: Rědna Łužyca; lit. “Beautiful Lusatia”) is the Sorbian national anthem. It was written by poet Handrij Zejler. The lyrics were firstly published on August 24, 1827, in the Leipzig magazine Serbska Nowina. Its music was composed in the beginning of 1845 by Korla Awgust Kocor (German: Karl August Katzer). The anthem was publicly performed for the first time on October 17, 1845, in Budyšin/Bautzen (Upper Sorbian Budyšin, Lower Sorbian: Budyšyn), German Bautzen, formerly Budissin).
Handrij Zejler's two additional verses have been excluded from the official version.