Dimãndarea pãrinteascã

Dimãndarea pãrinteascã
English: The Will of the Forefathers
	Flag of the Aromanians
	National anthem of the Aromanians
Lyrics	Constantin Belimace, 1888
Adopted	1888

"Dimãndarea pãrinteascã" (transl. "The Will of the Forefathers"), also known as "Pãrinteasca dimãndari" (transl. "The Forefathers' Will"), is an Aromanian poem written in 1888 exhorting parents to teach their children the language, instead of assimilating into other Balkan ethnicities. As a result it is often used as a national anthem by some Aromanians.[1][2]

History

The anthem was written in 1888 in Bucharest by an Aromanian poet,[3] Constantin Belimace.[4]

Lyrics

Aromanian original[5]	English translation
Pãrinteasca dimãndari Nã sprigiurã cu foc mari Frats di mumã shi di un tatã Noi, Armãnji di eta toatã. Di sum plocili di murmintsã Grescu a noshci bunj pãrintsã: "Blãstem mãri s-aibã ãn casã Cai di limba lui s-alasã Cai s-alasã limba lui: S-lu ardã pira focului Si s-dirinã yiu pri loc S-ãi si frigã limba ãn foc. Nãs ãn vatralj pãrinteascã Pi fumealjã s-nu s-hãrseascã Di fumelãi curunji s-nu bashi Njic ãn leagãn s-nu ãnfashe. Cai fudzi di a lui mumã Shi dit pãrinteascãlj numã: Fugã-i doara Domnului Shi dultseamea somnului!"	The will of the forefathers Commands us with a great flame Children of the same parents We, the Aromanians from time immemorial. From beneath their gravestones Our good parents cry out: "We curse you if you have at home Someone who leaves his language For whoever leaves his language: Let him be burned by flames Let him be destroyed alive where he stands Let his tongue be burned in fire. Before his ancestral hearth Let him not enjoy a family Let him not see a family get married Let him not rock a child's cradle. For whoever leaves his mother And his ancestral name: Let him ever lose God's grace And the sweetness of sleep!"

References

Kahl, Thede (2002). "The ethnicity of Aromanians after 1990: the identity of a minority that behaves like a majority". Ethnologia Balkanica. 6: 145–169.
Kressing, Frank; Kaser, Karl (2002). "Albania – a country in transition. Aspects of changing identities in a south-east European country". Schriften des Zentrums für Europäische und Internationale Strafrechtsstudien. Nomos. 51: 1–176. ISBN 9783789076701.
Fassel, Horst (2005). Hugo Meltzl und die Anfänge der Komparatistik. Franz Steiner Verlag. pp. 1–194. ISBN 9783515086820.
Ionescu, Sinziana (28 September 2016). "Blestemul aromân care a devenit imn: "Părinteasca dimândare". Legământul pe care-l face neamul din sudul Balcanilor". Adevărul (in Romanian).
"Text of the Anthem". Archived from the original on 28 November 2022.

External links

"Pãrinteasca dimãndari" on YouTube

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[1] Kahl, Thede (2002). "The ethnicity of Aromanians after 1990: the identity of a minority that behaves like a majority". Ethnologia Balkanica. 6: 145–169.

[2] Kressing, Frank; Kaser, Karl (2002). "Albania – a country in transition. Aspects of changing identities in a south-east European country". Schriften des Zentrums für Europäische und Internationale Strafrechtsstudien. Nomos. 51: 1–176. ISBN 9783789076701.

[3] Fassel, Horst (2005). Hugo Meltzl und die Anfänge der Komparatistik. Franz Steiner Verlag. pp. 1–194. ISBN 9783515086820.

[4] Ionescu, Sinziana (28 September 2016). "Blestemul aromân care a devenit imn: "Părinteasca dimândare". Legământul pe care-l face neamul din sudul Balcanilor". Adevărul (in Romanian).

[5] "Text of the Anthem". Archived from the original on 28 November 2022.