Rjana Łužica Explained

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).

Lyrics

Handrij Zejler's two additional verses have been excluded from the official version.

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