SERBIA have qualified for their second consecutive World Cup, and face five-time winners Brazil in their opening gambit.
The journey to Qatar has been quite the story, beating Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal in stoppage time to top their group.
The Eagles’ national anthem is an equally heroic tale. ‘Boze pravde’, meaning ‘God of Justice’, was put on hold when Serbia became a part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.
The anthem wouldn’t return for another 77 years, when citizens demanded their beloved anthem be reinstated following the dissolution of Yugoslavia.
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What are the lyrics to Serbia’s national anthem?
Boze pravde became official in 2006 when the country restored its independence.
Here’s what the words mean in English:
God of Justice; Thou who saved us
when in deepest bondage cast,
Hear Thy Serbian children’s voices,
Be our help as in the past.
With Thy mighty hand sustain us,
Still our rugged pathway trace;
God, our hope; protect and cherish,
Serbian lands and Serbian race!
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
