Translation of the song Marš na Drinu (Recital) artist Serbian Patriotic Songs

Tiho, spuštala se letnja noć

Quietly, the summer night was coming down

Na Cer, na tu gordu planinu.

Onto Cer1, onto that proud mountain

Čak i divlja zver gubila je smer

Even wild beasts lost their direction

Zbog čudnog straha -

Due to a strange fear -

Da će smetat' četama što kreću se bez daha.

That they would get in the way of troops, moving without a breath

Drini, Savi, svuda gde je plač,

By Drina, by Sava2, wherever there's crying

Tamo hita britak, srpski mač,

Is where strikes the sharp Serbian sword

Samo laki bat

Just a light club

Niko nikog zvat' te noći neće

Tonight no one will call anybody

Dok se vojska proplancima i brdima kreće.

As long as the army's moving through the glades and hills

Sred tog mraka

In the middle of that darkness

Preko obronaka

Over the hillsides

Svakog srce mori

Every heart kills

Svakom vatra u grudima gori

Fire burns in everyone's chests

Da se odmah bori.

To immediately fight

U toj zemlji gunja, opanka

On this earth there's quince, a sandal

Gde su zore večno crvene

Where the dawns are red forever

Nikad boj ne spi

The battle never sleeps

A kad žito zri

But when the grain ripens

Tad bez prestanka

Then without stopping

Svuda se čuje pesma tanka, pesma od uranka.

You can hear a subtle song everywhere, a song since breakfast

Jedan rat tek što je prošao

Just as one war has passed

Drugi je sa letom došao

Another came with summer

Tuđin je za tren

For a moment, foreigners

Kao neka sen iz mrklog mraka

Like some dream from gloomy darkness

Prekinuo letinu i pesmu devojaka.

Interrupted the harvest and the girls' songs

Nije teško

It isn't hard

Za seljaka, đaka

For a villager, a student

Za pravog junaka

For a true hero

Iz veselja, kola devojaka

Out of joy, the girls' wheels

Latit' se pušaka.

To take up rifles

Borac svaki nema pušku, ne

Not every fighter has a rifle, no

Ali nosi srce planine.

But he carries the heart of the mountain

Borče, drži steg

Fighter, hold the banner

Tuđin će u beg se brzo dati

The foreigners will quickly start running

Ponovo će sunce Šumadiju obasjati.

The sun will shine on Šumadija3 again

Zov junaka s bojne Drine te

The call of heroes from the Drina battlefield

Sve se ori, sve do daljine.

Everything is being plowed, all into the distance

Svuda, svaki puk

Everywhere, every regiment

Puške, trube zvuk i juriš pravi

Rifles, the sound of trumpets and a real charge

Pevala se pesma rata, slobodi i slavi.

A war song was sung, for freedom and glory

Pucaj, momče

Shoot, boy

Majka ti ne plaka

Your mother isn't crying

Jer je kuća svaka

Because every house

Dala Ceru po jednog junaka

Gave a hero to Cer

Oca, sina, brata.

A father, a son, a brother

Na Cer, pođite sa snagom svom

Go to Cer with all your strength

Znajte, vi branite rod i dom

Know that you're defending your family and home

Svud' je poklič, zov

Everywhere there's a cry, a call

Taj viteški kov starca, momaka

That knightly mettle of an old man, a boy

To je oganj što ga nose od svojih predaka

That's the fire that they carry from their ancestors

U boj, krenite junaci svi

Go to battle, all you heroes

Kren'te i ne žal'te život svoj

Go and don't feel sorry for your lives

Cer da čuje tvoj, Cer nek vidi boj

Let your Cer hear, let Cer see the fight

A reka Drina - slavu, hrabrost

But the Drina river - glory, courage

I junačku ruku oca, sina.

And a hero's hand of a father, a son

Napred borče

Go on, fighter

Brani svoju zemlju

Defend your land

Ne daj, nikad ne daj

Don't give, never give

Za nju život uvek rado predaj

Always gladly give your life for it

Ali je nikom ne daj!

But don't give it to anyone!

Poj, poj, Drino, vodo hladna ti

Sing, sing, Drina, your water's cold

Pamti pričaj kad su padali

Remember the story when they fell

Pamti hrabri stroj

Remember the brave machine

Koji je pun ognja, silne snage

That's full of fire, mighty strength

Proterao tuđina sa reke naše drage.

It chased the foreigners away from our dear river

Poj, poj Drino, pričaj rodu mi

Sing, sing, Drina, tell my family

Kako smo se hrabro borili

How bravely we fought

Pevao je stroj, vojevo se boj kraj hladne vode

The machine sang, the battle waged on by the cold water

Krv je tekla

The blood was flowing

Krv se lila Drinom zbog slobode.

Blood flowed down the Drina for freedom