Dimãndarea pãrinteascã

Dimãndari Pãrinteascã

English: The will of our Forefathers
National anthem of the Aromanians
Lyrics	Constantin Belimace, 1888
Adopted	1888

Dimãndari Pãrinteascã (English: The will of our Forefathers) is an Aromanian poem written in 1888 exhorting parents to teach their children the language, instead of assimilating into the other Balkan (predominantly into the Greek) ethnicities. As a result it is often used as a kind of national anthem by nationalist Aromanians.

History

The anthem was written in 1888 in Bucharest by the Aromanian poet, Constantin Belimace.

Lyrics and translation

Aromanian lyrics	English translation
Pãrinteasca dimãndari Nã sprigiurã cu foc mari Frats di mumã shi di un tatã Noi, Armãnji di eta toatã.	The will of our forefathers Commands us with a great flame Children of the same parents We, the Arumanians from time immemorial.
Di sum plocili di murmintsã Grescu a noshci bunj pãrintsã: "Blãstem mãri s'aibã ãn casã Cai di limba lui s'alasã	From beneath their gravestones Our good parents cry out: "We curse you if you have at home Someone who leaves his language
Cai s'alasã limba lui: S'lu ardã pira focului Si s'dirinã yiu pri loc S'ãi si frigã limba ãn foc.	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 flame.
Nãs ãn vatralj pãrinteascã Pi fumealjã s'nu s'hãrseascã Di fumelãi curunji s'nu bashi Njic ãn leagãn s'nu ãnfashe.	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.
Cai fudzi di a lui mumã Shi dit pãrinteascãlj numã: Fugã'i doara Domnului Shi dultseamea somnului!"	For whoever leaves his mother And his ancestral name: Let him ever lose God's grace And the sweetness of sleep!"

External links

• "Dimãndari Pãrinteascã". at YouTube