Mila Rodino
"Mila Rodino" (Bulgarian: Мила Родино, say: MIL-ə RAW-din-oh, meaning "Dear Motherland") is the national anthem of Bulgaria. It was originally a song written and composed by a Bulgarian author and scientist named Cvetan Radoslavov in 1885, while he was on a mission to fight in the Serbo-Bulgarian War. It was first adopted in 1964 as the national anthem of the People's Republic of Bulgaria with different words. Then when Communism came to an end in Bulgaria in 1991, the Constitution of Bulgaria made "Dear Motherland" the national anthem once again, and has been to this day.[1][2]
English: Dear Motherland | |
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Lyrics | Cvetan Radoslavov, 1885 |
Music | Cvetan Radoslavov, 1885 |
Adopted | 1964 (People's Republic of Bulgaria) 1971 (reaffirmed in the Živkov Constitution) 1989 1991 (reaffirmed in the Constitution of Bulgaria)[1] |
History
Previously, Bulgaria had used three other anthems. Before "Dear Motherland" became the national anthem, "Dear Bulgaria", "Our Republic, Hail!", and "Shumi Maritsa" were used.
Lyrics
Only the first verse and chorus are sung.
Current official
Words of the song in Bulgarian[3] | Spelling of these words using the Latin alphabet | Pronunciation of these words using the IPA | Words of the song in English |
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Горда Стара планина, |
Gorda Stara planina, |
[ˈɡɔr.d̪ɐ ˈs̪t̪a.rɐ pɫɐ.n̪i.ˈn̪a ǀ] |
O thy Balkan Mounts noble, |
Original text
Words of the song in Bulgarian[4] | Spelling of these words using the Latin alphabet | Words of the song in English |
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Горда стара планина, |
Gorda Stara Planina, |
O the Balkan Mounts noble, |
In popular culture
In October 2017, a user on Reddit reported an incident where Siri thought that the national anthem of Bulgaria was "Despacito", a song by Luis Fonsi with Daddy Yankee in it. This bug was fixed afterwards.[5]
References
- http://socbg.com/2014/04/химнът-на-българия-през-превратности.html "Химнът на България през превратностите на времето". socbg.com. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
- https://afish.bg/music/item/3111-ot-gorda-stara-planina-do-mila-rodino.html Archived 2020-06-15 at the Wayback Machine От „Горда Стара планина” до „Мила Родино”. Afish.bg.
- [http://www.parliament.bg/?page=history&lng=bg&hid=9 Народно събрание на Република България]
- History of the Bulgarian state symbols. Part three: The Bulgarian anthem (2005). Voynikov, Ivan. Protobulgarians.com.
- Molloy, Mark (5 October 2017). "Siri mistakes Bulgaria's national anthem for Despacito song". The Telegraph.