Vostani Serbije Explained

Vostani Serbije ("Arise, Serbia"; Serbian: Востани Сербије/Востани Сербіѥ in original orthography; Ustani Srbijo; Serbian: Устани Србијо), also known as Pesna na insurekciju Serbijanov ("A poem on the insurrection of the Serbs";^[1] Serbian: Песна на инсурекцију Сербијанов), is a Serbian patriotic song, originally a poem written by Dositej Obradović (1739–1811), published in Vienna in 1804, "dedicated to Serbia and her brave warriors and sons and to their leader Georgije Petrović" at the beginning of the First Serbian Uprising that transformed into the Serbian Revolution against the Ottoman Empire. Obradović, delighted, happily and sincerely greeted the Serb uprising with this special, patriotic poem.^[2] Obradović extensively used the concept of "Mother Serbia" in his works, including this poem which is the most patriotic of all of his poems.^{[3] [4]} In it, he calls on a new Serbia, with overtones of memory on the Serbian Empire which had been long gone.^[5] Obradović became the first Minister of Education of Revolutionary Serbia.^[6]

The song was set to music written by Vartkes Baronijan, Zlatan Vauda and Ljuba Manasijević.^[7]

It was considered as a potential national anthem following the replacement of the old Yugoslav anthem Hej Sloveni during the break-up of Yugoslavia. In 1992, Vostani Serbije and March on the Drina were proposed as the anthem of Serbia along with Bоže pravde.^[8]

Ahead of the 2000 general elections in Serbia, an altered version of the song was used in campaigns (...you have slept enough, and joked enough, now wake up, and awaken the Serbs, to vote!).^[9]

Lyrics

The full song consists of six stanzas, but usually only the first two (in bold) are performed on public occasions for reasons of brevity.

See also

• List of Serbian anthems

References

1. Book: N. M. J. Ćurčić. The ethics of reason in the philosophical system of Dositej Obradovic: a study of his contribution in this field to the Age of Reason. 1976. Unwin Bros. Ltd.. In Venice he also published (in 1804) his Pesna na insurekciju Serbijanov (A poem on the insurrection of the Serbs), "dedicated to Serbia and her brave warriors and sons and to their leader Georgie Petrovic".
2. Book: Aleksandar Banović. Pedagoško-prosvetiteljsko delo Dositeja Obradovića. 1956. Nolit. 37.
3. Book: Petar Pijanović. Život i delo Dositeja Obradovića: zbornik radova sa naučnog skupa Srpske akademije nauka i umetnosti održanog 15. i 16. decembra 1999. godine u Beogradu i 17. decembra 1999. godine u Sremskim Karlovcima. 2000. Zavod za udžbenike i nastavna sredstva. 978-86-17-08547-4 .
4. Book: Božidar Kovačević. Доситеј Обрадовић у првом српском устанку. 1953. Prosveta. 16.
5. Book: Vladimir Jovičić. Srpsko rodoljubivo pesništvo. 1976. Nolit. Кликћући благовест: "Востани, Сербије!", Доситеј зазива нову, слобод- ну Србију, али са призвуком сећања на ону цар- ску која је давно починула и која се у свом не- мањићком престолу више никад и ничим није дала пробудити..
6. Book: Priče o pesmama: Muzika i poezija. 9 January 2015. muzicka sarenica. 40–. GGKEY:P38L6C1LTZH. Dositej je bio prvi popečitelj prosvete u Sovjetu i tvorac svečane pesme "Vostani Serbije"..
7. Web site: Iz licnog ugla . 2006-12-15 . 2021-01-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210114033954/https://www.vreme.com/arhiva_html/513/25.html . dead .
8. Web site: Zašto Srbija još nema himnu. Vreme. Konstantin Babić. 2000-11-02. 2006-12-15. 2021-01-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20210114033954/https://www.vreme.com/arhiva_html/513/25.html. dead.
9. Book: Vladimir Jokić. 2002 – 2012 decenija: godine koje smo pojeli skakavci. 4 December 2015 . Media Art Content Ltd, Novi Sad, Serbia. 978-86-85831-39-3. 183–.
10. Web site: Serbian Patriotic Song - "Востани Сербіє!" ("Arise, Serbia!") . .

External links

• Vostani - Serbije instrumental