Amanet majci

"Аманет мајци"
Song by Бранко Маринковић - Лалић
from the album Борово Село
English title	Will to Mother
Released	1991 (1991)
Genre	Novokompovana
Length	2:23
Label	Diskos
Producer(s)	Дафинић Миломир

"Amanet majci" (Serbian Cyrillic: "Аманет мајци", lit. "Will to Mother") is a song written and performed by Branko Marinković - Lalić.

Music and lyrics

The song is a message to the speaker's mother if he were to die on the battlefield. The word "amanet" is a Turkish loan word, deriving from "emanet", which means a trust (i.e. a will or inheritance). Within the context of the song, it is a will that the mother would fulfill if the speaker were to die on the battlefield. Although the song is short with two verses, the overall tone is bittersweet.

Lyrics

Lyrics: Pozdravljam te majko iz daljine i odlazim tamo gde se gine da osvetim srpko ime rodu koje brani pravdu i slobodu U amanet ostavljam ti majko da ga čuvaš kao sunce žarko ako padnem sačuvaj mi sina na njemu je sada dedovina neka slavi u godini dana našu slavu Svetoga Jovana

Lyrics (English): I greet you mother from afar And I am going where there is death To avenge the Serbian name of the people That defend justice and freedom In the will I left you, mother To guard it like the ardent sun If I fall, protect my son Grandfather's estate is up to him now May he celebrate yearly On the day of our Slava, Saint John