Saša Lukić (gusle) – Smrt majke Jugovića – Velika Popina, HR

Описание: Saša Lukić - pjevanje uz gusle (Singing to the accompaniment of the Gusle)

Lyrics (SR)
Ej, mili Bože, čuda velikoga
Kad se sleže na Kosovu vojska
U toj vojsci devet Jugovića
I deseti stari Jug Bogdane
Boga moli Jugovića majka
Da joj Bog da oči sokolove
Da odleti na Kosovo ravno
I da vidi devet Jugovića
Što molila, Boga domolila
Bog joj dade oči sokolove
I bijela krila labudova
Te odleti na Kosovo ravno
Ej, mrtvi' nađe devet Jugovića
A više nji' devet bojnih koplja
Na kopljima devet sokolova
A uza nji' devet dobrih konja
I pored nji' devet ljutih lava
Tad zaklikta devet sokolova
I zavrišta devet dobri' konja
I zalaja devet ljuti' lava
Ali majka tvrda srca bila
Ej, da od srca suze ne puštila
Već uzima devet dobri' konja
I uzima devet sokolova
I uzima devet ljuti' lava
Ode pravo svome bijelu dvoru
Kad je bila svome bijelu dvoru
Daleko je snaje ugledale
Malo bliže pred nju išetale
Ej, tad zakuka devet udovica
I zaplaka devet sirotica
I zaklikta devet sokolova
I zavrišta devet dobri' konja
I zalaja devet ljuti' lava
Ali majka tvrda srca bila
Hej, da od srca suze ne puštila
Kad je bilo noći u ponoći
Al' zavrišta Damjanov Zelenko
Ej, zove majka ljubu Damjanovu
"Snaho moja, ljubo Damjanova
Što ono vrišti Damjanov Zelenko?"
Odgovara ljuba Damjanova
"Svekrvice, majko Damjanova
Nit' je žedan vode sa Zvečana
Nit' je gladan 'šenice bjelice
Već je njega Damjan naučio
Do ponoći sitnu zob zobati
Od ponoći na drum putovati
Pa on žali svoga gospodara
Ej, što ga nije na sebi donio
I tu majka tvrda srca bila
Ej, da od srca suze ne puštila
Kad ujutro danak bijelo svanu
Ali lete dva vrana gavrana
Oni nose ruku od junaka
Bacaju je u krioce majci
Gleda majka ruku od junaka
Okretala, prevrtala njome
Ej, pa je ruci tijo besjedila:
"Ruko moja, zelena jabuko
Đe si rasla, đe si ustrgnuta?"
A rasla si na kriocu mome
Ustrgnuta na Kosovu ravnu
I tu majka izdržat ne mogla
Ej, prepuče joj srce od žalosti
Za njezinim devet Jugovića
I desetim starim Jug Bogdanom

Saša Lukić is a Serbian folk singer and instrumentalist from Gračac in the Lika region. He is a member of a few traditional ensembles, including KUD "Krajina" and the “Plitvice” group. He is also a guslar — a performer of epic folk poems. His repertoire includes poems from his native Lika, as well as from Dalmatia, Bosnia, and Serbia. Saša Lukić is one of the few guslari who plays the two-stringed gusle, once common in the Lika region.

Learn more about singing to the accompaniment of the Gusle - an ancient art listed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity: https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/singing-...

"Smrt majke Jugovića" ("The Death of the Mother of the Jugovići") is one of the most famous Serbian folk epic poems, belonging to the so-called "Kosovo cycle." The poem tells the story of a woman who finds out that her husband and nine sons died in the battle of Kosovo (1389). The epic culminates in a scene in which the mother — overwhelmed by immense grief — is heartbroken when two ravens bring her the severed hand of one of her sons - Damjan. The song emphasizes ideals of courage, sacrifice, and tragic heroism, while simultaneously revealing the deeply emotional, intimate dimension of the Kosovo myth. It is one of the most important and moving texts in the Serbian epic tradition.

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