Lazar's Curse - Epic Slavic Music of Serbia
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- čas přidán 11. 02. 2024
- Music & vocals by Farya Faraji. This is a composition based the Kosovo Curse, or Prince's Curse, attributed in legend to Lazar Hrebeljanović, a medieval Serbian ruler who went to war against the Ottomans in the now legendary Battle of Kosovo in 1389. In the legend, Lazar curses all those of Serbian blood who do not come to the Battle of Kosovo to a curse that will affect their lineage hence. The current version of the curse is from a 1845 collection of Serbian folk songs collected by Vuk Karadžić, a Serbian anthropologist and philologist.
The music is written in a typical Serbian form which is itself characterised by the broader characteristics of Balkan music: an odd time signature in seven time, drone harmony that emphasises seconds, something very harsh and dissonant in Western European music theory but enjoyed in Serbia, and a 17th to 19th century instrumentation based on the usage of saz instruments, the kaval, a Balkan bagpipe and frame drums. The instrument that begins and closes the song is the gusle, a bowed instrument which is central to the recitation of Serbian epic poetry.
Lyrics in Serbian:
Ко је Србин и српскога рода,
и од српске крви и колена
а не дош'о на бој на Косово
Од руке му ништа не родило
English translation:
Whoever is a Serb and of Serb birth,
And of Serb blood and heritage,
And comes not to fight at Kosovo,
May nothing grow that his hand sows! - Hudba
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Music & vocals by Farya Faraji. This is a composition based the Kosovo Curse, or Prince's Curse, attributed in legend to Lazar Hrebeljanović, a medieval Serbian ruler who went to war against the Ottomans in the now legendary Battle of Kosovo in 1389. In the legend, Lazar curses all those of Serbian blood who do not come to the Battle of Kosovo to a curse that will affect their lineage hence. The current version of the curse is from a 1845 collection of Serbian folk songs collected by Vuk Karadžić, a Serbian anthropologist and philologist.
The music is written in a typical Serbian form which is itself characterised by the broader characteristics of Balkan music: an odd time signature in seven time, drone harmony that emphasises seconds, something very harsh and dissonant in Western European music theory but enjoyed in Serbia, and a 17th to 19th century instrumentation based on the usage of saz instruments, the kaval, a Balkan bagpipe and frame drums. The instrument that begins and closes the song is the gusle, a bowed instrument which is central to the recitation of Serbian epic poetry.
Lyrics in Serbian:
Ко је Србин и српскога рода,
и од српске крви и колена
а не дош'о на бој на Косово
Од руке му ништа не родило
English translation:
Whoever is a Serb and of Serb birth,
And of Serb blood and heritage,
And comes not to fight at Kosovo,
May nothing grow that his hand sows!
This song is sick! As Serbian I love it❤.
P.S. Day 4 of asking for song about Scipio Africanus so I can add it to my Roman Empire playlist.
If there is anyone capable of making epic song about emperor (tsar) Dušan it's you Farya. Great job as always and greetings from Serbia!
Hello to you, can you make the same music with the same deep voice, the same rhythm, the same instruments in Latin but Islamic version? this is palastinalied music made in latin by the scaldic bard
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Great work as always Farya, I only think that you should've add the full text of the curse, as it better show's the seriousness of the threat.
...May he never have progeny born from love,
Neither son nor daughter!
May nothing grow that his hand sows,
Neither red wine nor white wheat!
And may his progeny be feeble until any left!
Svaka čast, muzika,pevanje...kao da si se rodio u to vreme 👏👏👏👍
love to Serbia from Poland, great music
Thanks a lot friend. Pozdrav za Poljsku
Pozdrav brate
POLAND STAY SLAVIC
Фарја хвала брате наш, Бог те благословио 🇷🇸👋🏻
Наши сербские братишки ❤ Привет из России!
Привет братья. Держитесь, Сербы с вами.
Бог са нами
Слава ХРИСТУ👑
Serbian here, your pronounciation is great. You could convince people you are an actual Serb.
Strah gladi večeras?
@@AnthonyAT33 Kao i svaku noc (znaci nece se okupimo)
Ma čovek peva na sto jezika. Talenat
@@AnthonyAT33 Odmorite se sutra nastavljamo
In Serbian, how do you say "Please give a live concert in NYC?"
Greetings from Sakartvelo❤🇬🇪❤️🇷🇸❤️☦️☦️☦️
Fantastic, greetings from Serbia 🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸
God bless you from Egypt ♥️☦️
☦️🇷🇸🐲🦾
дивно је, од првих стихова уз музику најежиш се по целом телу, а душа ти се топи....... Хвала ти си диван извођач и идејни инспиратор
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My adopted family is Serbian & I consider myself to be Serbian. Thx for making another Serbian banger. ☦️🇷🇸☦️
hope you enjoy, we are all Brothers and Sisters in God’s eyes 🙏 ✝️
are you ethnically serbian?
@@revenger8744 No, but my adopted family is Serbian so I consider myself to be a Serb.
@MorbSquad420 you are a Serb by blood now, they are not adopted family, bring their struggles and happy memories with you, take on their blood and be proud to be a Serb, take the iron sword and caste it into a steel sword
@@MorbSquad420Its not easy to be a serb but its very beautiful. You are our brother❤️🇷🇸
Фарја Срби те воле! 🇷🇸❤
Ты прекрасно поешь песни, нашей культуры. Сердце радуется, а душа поет. Мир тебе и благословений полную чашу
Фариа исполняет прекрасно песни разных народов мира! Его поцеловал Бог!
Хвала ти ,Farya,на овој и свим другим српским песмама које си обрадио!
И не само на њима,но и свим осталим!
Ти си велики уметник,а види се,и велики човек који воли све људе и народе.
Beautiful! I love the Serbian language. I wonder if gaida is still played in traditional Serbian dances. Btw the main melody, that starts from 0:49 is very similar to ''Κουκουνούδα'', a Greek song from Thrace. Many musical motifs are shared by nearly all Balkan people. Awesome work once again Farya!
It is common to play in south Serbia, but also on the north (Banat region) during the ceremonies like weddings, baptisms or sending to army.🙂
@@rastkonosovic6817 I see, hvala puno!
Ancient Thracians used to also live in South Eastern Serbia. Maybe the Serbs took some of that culture when they settled in the Balkans. :)
@@Anonymous07192Half of South Slavs have proto European ancestry. So, probably they share a lot of ancestry with all people's of Balkans.
@@gideonros2705 it's likely, yes. A massive amount of Slavs settled in the balkans, but that doesn't mean the natives just disappeared all of a sudden. They probably just became a minority and got assimilated by the larger group over time, especially in regards to language.
Beautifull song. Kosovo forever Serbian, love from Poland
Hvala ti brate nas!
Молодцы сербские братишки, красивые у вас песни.
Браво брате! Хвала и жив био!
Bog te blagoslovio brate dragi. Pozdrav of Srbina iz Toronta. 👍
Beautiful my brother! Thank you for this! I got chills and I AM READY FOR BATTLE! Regards from Serbian Montenegro!
Beautiful! Greetings from Serbia.
Saint Tsar Lazar pray for us! 🇹🇷☦🇷🇸
As always, great job Farya. Greetings from Serbia! 🇷🇸🤝❤
Pure epicness. I never tought Tsar Lazar's curse could sound so magical & melodic. Superb!
Saint Prince Lazar is also considered a Tsar in Serbia. Thank you for this one. 🇷🇸❤
He isnt considered a tsar he is considered a knyaz , the church considers him a tsar in divine meaning as he chose "The tsardom of the heavens" instead of "Knyazate and wealth on the ground" although that is church teachings , they arent correct as we know from written documents the fight didnt go the way the church told us .
A group of Serbian knights broke through the ottoman defenses directly pinning Sultan down , there was no "betrayal" and Sultan didnt get his belly cut open up to his throat by a deceitful knight . He got killed while fighting and wasnt sitting under a tarp.
Knyaz Lazar got killed by turks which came back to pick up the bodies and wandered off far enough where they spotted him as he was praying in a nearby church after battle , according to byzantine writings .
@@StodOneR That's what i meant. The divine meaning. The historical details specifically in the youtube comments don't interest me, nor do i like to get into discussions, i'll do the researches on my own. Thanks for pointing out the divine meaning though.
@@StodOneR Finally to find such a comment where person literally claims all I do. I don't know if it's true tho, I hope it is, but still I hope he chose Tsardom of Heaven.
He is a Tzar. Take a look at "Ohridski Prolog" by Saint bishop Nikolaj Velimirović. Specifically the day of Saint Tzar Lazar.
@@djordjemitic3325 His title was Knez, That is Prince in English, Duke or whatever. Prinicipality. He wasn't tsar actually. Probably people considered him one cause Serbia was teared apart and split into dynasties specific territories. And he was the uniter. Idk.
Serbian here 🇷🇸🇧🇦. Amazing, i have been following you and like your work of making music of balkan/eastern roman empire music, and this is absolutely amazing addition!
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Fantastično, čudovito, odlična glasba...Wonderful, excelent, music, sound... Grettings from Slovenia!
Сегодня побеждает Православие!!!☦☦☦
You have an incredible talent for Slavic languages, I know several Persians who live in Poland and they speak and write Polish as fluently as if they were born there.
That Balto-Slavic - Iranic , Satem connection hits different
Сербам с любовью привет из России!)
Спасиба!
This has become probably my favorite Balkan song/Slavic-themed composition of yours. I cannot stop listening to it.
I wish i could ever see an eastern roman/serbian/bulgarian/ottoman series or movie with you producing the music and win an oscar! You deserve it!
I swear, every time you release a song is like a little Christmas for me.
This is the coolest percussion rhythm I’ve ever heard for a 7/8 time signature! Wonderful piece!
Farya if you ever wanna try to make another Serbian song, I know a singer called Milan Mica Petrovic. He signs about our old commitas that were fighting against turks in Macedonia (we call it old Serbia).
His style, songs, and sound is something you wanna hear. Very specific ( im also talking as a musician ). Some songs I would recommend is Jovan Babunski, Micko kumita, and TRZE RADIC JATAGAN. Best regards from the USA
Daj mi Bože, da poginem ja za Srbiju, za Nebesko Kosovo i Metohiju!!!! Slava Bogu i hvala za sve! AMIN
Zivi brate moj!A za junacku smrt za otadzbinu kod nas je malo pa malo prilika!Trebadanas bude sto vise zivih i jos vise rodjenih.
Full text goes like this:
Whoever is a Serb and of Serb birth,
And of Serb blood and heritage,
And comes not to fight at Kosovo,
May he never have progeny born from love,
Neither son nor daughter!
May nothing grow that his hand sows,
Neither young wine nor white wheat!
And may his progeny be feeble until any left!
Bice SRBIJA oped ko za vreme Cara Dusana ❤ Zivela SRBIJA braco I sestre srpkinje ❤
Вечна слава сорабскоме роду браћо и сестре! Да нам је жива и здрава небеска Србија. 🇷🇸
Вечьна слава сьрбьскуѥму роду.
I have met many, many Iranians and I have many good iranian friends. And I can tell you: there is a secret connection between these two nations and cultures. I cannot explain how and what, but, being among iranians was for me not any different as being among my fellow Serbs. And, if you not take into account Greeks, you are the only culture that I feel that close. And trust me, I have met many, many people in my life. The way you speak, think about life, behave and treat each other, values you have, things that you strive to is essentially the same. Gut feeling tells me there is some secret connection, some days we will discover it. many thanks for this, you did it great and many greetings from one of your new Serbian friends.
Thank you, Farya, for this gem 🩷 Thank you for your amazing talent, erudition, curiosity and sensitivity with which you present Serbian and Balkan heritage!🙏
This song reminds me of my late father who was a Serb from the mountanous region of eastern Bosnia. He knew many Serbian folk songs by heart and would often recite or sing them pretending he was singing along the gusle. When my sister and I were kids, he would sometimes sing in a car while driving, and we kids would go, "Oh, dad, please not again!"
Now I would give everything to hear him sing again those beautiful epic songs...
He probably fled the war, or after the war was over.Do you speak Serbian?
@Milan_M95 No, it was much earlier than that.
This is so beautiful, thank you for making music from my country in such a faithful manner and for doing so much research, it means a lot 🥺🤲💕 this song is such an earworm
I adore your video essays and I learned a lot from you, now whenever my family claims that our music was "corrupted" by the ottoman empire I can uno reverse card them and use your big brain knowledge on the matter to disprove them 😤👊
This one really touches me, I miss my home. Thank you for this
Another banger 🇷🇸
You knocked it out of park my dear friend. Please make more Serbian music you speak it wonderfully (more Byzantine music also wouldn't hurt). Thanks for this masterpiece🇷🇸
Battle of Kosovo is so sacred to us.We lost our kingdom, we lost out King Lazarus there...We endured Ottoman rule thanks to that battle.
Thank you my Iranian brother!!
We perserved our culture through the Orthodox Church, those soldiers fought for the heavenly kingdom they all knew they will die in the end but went ahead anyway which to this day the church has perserved our culture through muslim occupation western bombing secular communism and yet we held onto our culture through the church the battle of kosovo is more important then people in the west thinking its some 20 century conflict.
There we became a heavenly people - nebeski narod !
How did you endure ?
@@rafikok6877 With Gods help
@@RobertNikolaGrujic-pk6li Serbians lost the battle , am I right? I am ort arguin, trying to understand the mentality?
Never clicked on a video so fast
Love to our brotherly nation from Armneia🇦🇲🇷🇸
Спасибо за проделанную работу.
It's impressive how clean your pronounciations are, thank you for this beautiful piece of work! Greetings from Belgrade!
Local friends of mine are in Balkan dance troupes and one reason is that it's phalanx training and police horses won't charge into it. Although they decommissioned the police horses when they discovered they don't mix with tear gas the guys still keep the dancing up.
Idemo Farya!!! Serbia - Persia !!!
И ово си супер одрадио, добродошао у Србију.
Interesting thing about Lazar is that he had a dream in which God let him choose which kingdom he wishes,heavenly or earthly.
Soon after battle of Kosovo came,and he managed to summon respectable number of Serbians under his banner,and finally gave his life for his fatherland he was pronounced Tzar Lazar,post mortum.Because of the fact that he chose to ride out no matter the aftermath,he knew that Serbia is the last bastion of defence for Europe.
Western schools nowdays because of politics influenced even Serbia itself,so it wouldn't be a surprise to hear from Serb that he thinks we lost that battle.
As a matter of fact,never before or after has Ottoman empire lost their Sultan in a battle,but they did on that day,and yes we lost bigger portion of army,but Serbian state didn't seize to exist for another century,untill the last Serbian city fell under Ottoman empire.
We have faught bravely for almost five centuries against Turks,even after they conquered all of our lands,while rest of Europe was plundering and stealing around the world.
Sometimes i wish things went diffrent,and that we made some kind of alliance with Ottomans and helped them pillage through western Europe.
Love it, altough i would have recomnended you to make a song about a Serbian Epic Poem by the name of The death of mother Jugovića. Its a poem that deals with grief, pain and loss of loved ones. In serbian Smrt majke Jugovića
Ја не одлучујем да ли ћу ићи у битку по томе каква је сила која ме прати, него по томе колику СВЕТИЊУ браним !
Amazing work, Farya
The best one yet 😭❤This is amazing!! Thank you for such a banger
Farya you keep surpassing yourself in quality and despite everything going on with the Copyrights your songs are so melodic and pleasant to listen, I really appreciate this 🔥❤
Woah amazing talent brother, thank you! ❤️🇷🇸
ZIVELA SRBIJA SA SVOJOM JUZNOM POKRAJINOM KOSOVOM I METOHIJOM .. AMIN ..
Magnifique comme à chaque fois, nous sommes agréablement surpris ❤
Superbe ! Always capturing the richness of the Balkan music tradition.
Merci d’un serbe de suisse. Très belle chanson beau travail. Merci de t’intéresser à notre music et à notre histoire ❤❤❤.
as a serbian i have to say your pronunciation is on point
From a best Skyrim fan song to the best historical music.
Фраја најјачи си, Хвалаа ти
Amazing Farya! Only nation that killed Ottoman Sultan! Serbs 🦾
Nismo jedini, Tataru su ubili Bajazita
@@MP-wi4dx Султани су убијани на разне начине, али у битци једини убијени је Мурат Худавендигар. А притом од стране Срба убијена су још два принца Османска директно или индиректно.
Yeah u didnt kill any sultan that who did was Albanian called Milosh Kopili
@@ClydeAlb Miloš is such a clasic Albanian name hahahaa
@@MP-wi4dx no its not its an orthodox name as mayority of Albanians was back than .And its not the only famous Albanian with name Milosh ,Migjeni ,real name Milosh Gjergj Nikola is also famous Albanian
Serbian language is very simple one to learn and speak when you learn the rules. I am not surprised you sound Serbian more then half of Serbians today. It was the case with my two Latvian friends. Well done, mate. *Applause *
Beautiful work! Thank you from the bottom of my heart! Love from Serbia!❤
Bravo, Farya! Fantastic! Our Airan brother. Kind regards from Belgrade, Serbia.
Хвала Фарја брате!!! Све ти ћетало и од руке одило!
Great work on incorporating some of the most famous Serbian epic verses into a great song! I’ve been of the opinion for a long time now that the gusle tradition needs an upgrade, as it has potential, and I’m glad you decided to incorporate them. Now all we need is a video of you singing the song in Gazimestan (the site of the battle) or Kruševac (Lazar’s capital).
سلام و خیلی ممنون از بلگراد!
Among all million times told significant of Kosovo battle, Lazar and epic poetry for Serbs, I really enjoyed this masterpiece arranged in typical Serbian and Balkan way, as you said "an odd time signature in seven time". Be good and healthy!
Косово это Сербия! Привет из России!
Kosovo is albania uck
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Kosovo je Srbija
Sve ostalo je Rusija
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@@user-bq7yn4jc4m serbia is Russia and kosovo is albania uck
Farya Srbine, bravo ❤️. I like the medieval spirit of the song that you captured. Kosovo is very important for Serbia, we are still fighting for it
This Is definitely one of your best! Appreciate your great talents and wish you the best!
not Serbian, im Croatian, but your pronunciation is amazing!! beautiful music 😍 bravo i hvala 🇭🇷❤️🇷🇸
@faryafaraji Thank you very much! GOD bless you!🙏
Thank You very much for this new music-video ! 😊
THANK YOU FARYA .. FANTASTIC SERBISK MUZIK .. KOSOVO I METOHIJA IS SERBIA ..AMIN..
Good job! 🫡🫡 None of the Serbs even tried to turn this text into a song, and you did it. Congratulations.
You are a genius, you should compose music for future Hollywood films .
Beautiful! Glory to Serbian heros of Kosovo battles! 1389 - 1999 🇷🇸☦️🇷🇸
Сербия 🇷🇸 Россия 🇷🇺 брат и сестра, Сербия мы тебя любим ❤️! Из Сибири 🇷🇺
Amazing work yet again, Farya! ❤🇷🇸
Just... beatiful. Keep it up Farya!
Beautiful music! Great video and very thanks!
Everytime you upload I get surprised anew by the quality and epicness of your music. Thank you for a new masterpiece Farya!
Wow, impressive ! Excellent song choice and excellent pronunciation Farya! I love gusle!
This is fantastic!!! Your pronunciation is also perfect! Greetings from Serbia!
Got goosebumps! I am so positive shocked. I just do not know what to say. Speechless. Thank you Farya!!!
Magnifique !
If you ever decide to visit Serbia, head on down to Nis (birthplace of Emperor Constantine) for some world-class burek, smooth rakija, and mouth-watering rostilj. You can hit me up for a tour of the place if you're in the neighborhood, might be able to get you into some folklore groups to see traditional Serbian kolo dances performed to corresponding melodies from different regions.
I LOVE YOUUUUUUUU FARYAAAA. absolute legend.
Well done and many thanks Farya.
Srbija moja❤
Fantastic 🇷🇸, thank you
Gusle is such a powerful instrument
Some concert in EU maybe? I think you could make some great concerts in Balkans and Central EU (Poland, Cz, Slovakia..).
Thanks for sharing your great work 🙌🏻
Slow down music god. We don't earn this masterpiece.
We connoisseurs of good music and of history don't deserve this man's talent.