Taga za Yug
poem
Taga za Yug (Originally spelled in non-standardized Bulgarian orthography: Тѫга за югъ, Bulgarian: Тъга за юг, Macedonian: Т'га за југ, in English "Longing for the South") is a poem by the Bulgarian National Revival poet Konstantin Miladinov. It is a patriotic-reflexive song in which the author, who lives in Moscow, expresses his homesickness for his homeland. By the end of the 1850s, Bulgarian poets as Miladinov started to write lyric poetry in vernacular. This poem was written in the Struga dialect.
Publication
Konstantin Miladinov was educated in Athens, but later attended Moscow University (1856-60), willing to continue his studies in Slavic language instead of Greek. In Moscow, Konstantin Miladinov worked on the editing of the folk songs he was given by his brother Dimitar Miladinov and his Bulgarian friends, which later both brothers published as a collection called Bulgarian Folk Songs. Miladinov wrote the poem there in vernacular, specifically using his native Struga dialect. The inspiration to write the song came after Dimitar Miladinov sent him a letter to go back to their hometown of Ohrid, where he could continue working as a teacher. The grief of Konstantin for his homeland was strengthened by his poor health. "Longing for the South" was published for the first time by Bulgarian National Revival activist Georgi Rakovski in his newspaper "Dunavski lebed" issued in Belgrade on February 7, 1861.
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