Dimãndarea pãrinteascã

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

Lyrics

Aromanian original

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 our 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 flame. 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!"