Grbavica (song)

Grbavica is a popular song written by Dragan Jokić, composed by Mustafa Čizmić, and performed by famous Bosnian rock vocalist Mladen Vojičić Tifa.

"Grbavica"
Song by Mladen Vojičić Tifa
from the album Grbavica
Released1993/1997
Recorded1993/1997
GenreRock ballad, Football chant
Songwriter(s)Dragan Jokić
Composer(s)Mustafa Čizmić

Writing, composing and recordings

Grbavica was first recorded in 1993 by prominent Bosnian rock vocalist Mladen Vojičić Tifa, in Sarajevo under the siege, during the Bosnian War.[1] After the war in 1997, following the song's huge popularity especially among Sarajevo residents, Tifa included Grbavica as the title song of his eponymous solo rock-album of the same name. The song also became the unofficial anthem for Sarajevo-based football club FK Željezničar Sarajevo, and the most popular chant amongst the club's main supporti group.

Popularity and receptions

Željezničar's main support group, The Maniacs, and its many affiliate sub-groups, perform Grbavica before the kick-off in every game at home stadium Grbavica.[2]

Background

Grbavica is a sub-urban district in the city of Sarajevo, across the Miljacka river which cuts through the city's longitudinally. During the period of the siege in the war, from 1992 until reintegration in 1996, the district saw heavy fighting, with all of its non-Serb population murdered or expelled, while its many urban parts with architectural and public landmarks, such as the iconic Hotel Bristol and Grbavica Stadium, ended being burnt or razed to the ground. The stadium, home-ground of FK Željezničar, was hit by numerous large caliber and incendiary ammunition and ordnance from Serb positions with heavy artillery, getting eventually incinerated. After initially bombing its pitch, it was turned into the front line and laden with many land-mines by Serb militias.[3][4]

Lyrics

Grbavica lyrics in Bosnian and English.[5]

Lyrics in BosnianEnglish translation

Hej Grbavice, rano ljuta
Pritisla me teška tuga
Na trenutak, i pomislim
Da si sada neka druga

Hej Grbavice, bolna si mi
Iz daleka gledam ulice tvoje
Tamo su slike, djetinjstva moga
Tamo je sve što je moje

Ko život cijeli Miljacka dijeli
Mene od krila tvog
I ne znam kad' ću al' znam da ću
Doći do doma svog

A onda Željin, stadion gledam
Vidim ponos tvoj
Život ću dati, al' tebe ne dam
Jer ti si život moj

Ne budi tužna kad čujes pjesmu
Bol što nasa srca mori
Jer svaki od nas što pjesmu pjeva
Do zadnjeg se za tebe bori

Zbog toga bola kad sa Bristola
Na tebe gledamo
Zbog ove pjesme, nazad se ne smije
Nikom te nedamo

Hey, Grbavica, quick to anger
A heavy sadness pushed down on me
In a second, and I think
That you're now someone else

Hey, my Grbavica, you're sick
From afar I look at your streets
There are the pictures of my childhood
There is all that is mine

Just like life, the Miljacka separates
Me from your wings
And I don't know when, but I know I will,
Come to my home

And then I look at Željo's stadium
I see your pride
I'll give my life, but never give you up
For you are my life

Don't be sad when you hear a song
A pain that plagues our hearts
For each of us who sing a song
Will fight for you to the end

For that pain, when from Bristol
We look out at you
For this song, we mustn't go back
We won't give you up to anyone

See also

References
  1. "Mustafa Čizmić: "Grbavicu" je napisao moj prijatelj Dragan Jokić". Avaz.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  2. "Tifa će na Koševu bodriti Plave svojom pjesmom Grbavica". sarajevo365.com. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  3. Klip, André; Sluiter, Göran (2008). The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia 2003. Intersentia. ISBN 9789050957946. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  4. Fausto, Pocar (2007). [International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Y International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)] Check |url= value (help). Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199231690. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  5. "Tifa singing live Grbavica at the FK Zeljeznicar stadium - Tifa pjeva svojoj Grbavici". YouTube.com. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
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