"Pui de lei" () is a
Romanian patriotic
poem. It was written by
Ioan S. Nenițescu
Ioan S. Nenițescu (April 11, 1854–February 23, 1901) was a Romanian poet and playwright.
Born in Galați, his parents were Ștefan Vasiliu, a manual laborer, and his wife Elisabeta (''née'' Zaharia). After completing the Alexandru Ioan I c ...
, author of many other patriotic poems, with "Pui de lei" being one of his most famous ones.
It was published by him in 1891 in his work
''Pui de lei. Poesii eroice și naționale'',
in which he compiled several other poems inspired in the
Romanian War of Independence in which he participed.
composed a
song for the poem in 1902.
The song, along with other ones that also evoke Romania's past and ancestors, was promoted by the Romanian communist authorities. In fact, in 1980, during the 2050th anniversary of the establishment of a centralized
Dacian state, the song was officially sung. At the time, there were people who followed a tendency, known as
Dacianism (or Dacomania), in which the
Dacians
The Dacians (; la, Daci ; grc-gre, Δάκοι, Δάοι, Δάκαι) were the ancient Indo-European inhabitants of the cultural region of Dacia, located in the area near the Carpathian Mountains and west of the Black Sea. They are often consid ...
were glorified within
Romanian history.
However, the song was broadcast in Radio Bucharest (now known as
Radio Romania International) by dissident employees on the morning of 21 December 1989, during the
Romanian Revolution against the communist government, as a sign of the national uprising that was happening in
Romania.
In addition, it has been interpreted by the
Romanian Land Forces.
Lyrics
The lyrics of the song and their English translation are the following:
References
External links
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{{Romanian nationalism
Romanian patriotic songs
1891 songs
Romanian poems
Songs in Romanian