"Mila Rodino"/ Мила Родино, 'Dear Motherland' is the national anthem of Bulgaria. It was composed and written by Tsvetan Radoslavov as he left to fight in the Serbo-Bulgarian War in 1885 and was adopted in 1964. The text has been changed many times, most recently in 1990. On 12 July 1991 the anthem was shortened to its first verse along with the chorus.

Between 1886 and 1947, the Bulgarian national anthem was "Shumi Maritsa"; from 1951 to 1964, it was "Balgariyo mila, zemya na geroi"; in the brief period between these two, it was the march "Republiko nasha, zdravey!".
The song was created by the composer Tsvetan Radoslavov in 1885 after his participation in the Serbo-Bulgarian War. He was inspired to create the song based on his poems when he saw Serbian students singing their own patriotic song on their journey home.It was first printed in 1895 in Part I of "Music Textbook" by K. Mahan.

The anthem currently officially consists of the first verse and chorus. During communist rule, two additional verses (II and III) were added that referred to Moscow (under direct instructions of Todor Zhivkov) and the Bulgarian Communist Party, as well as the fallen fighters for Bulgaria through the years. After the changes in 1989, this part of the anthem was removed and forbidden to be performed.

Bulgarian original

I
Горда Стара планина,
до ней Дунава синей,
слънце Тракия огрява,
над Пирина пламеней.

Припев:
(Родино) Мила Родино,
ти си земен рай,
твойта хубост, твойта прелест,
ах, те нямат край.

II
Паднаха борци безчет,
за народа наш любим,
майко, дай ни мъжка сила,
пътя им да продължим.

Припев

III
Дружно, братя българи!
С нас Москва е в мир и в бой!
Партия велика води
нашия победен строй.

Припев

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Bulgarian Latin

I
Gorda Stara planina,
Do ney Dunava siney,
Slantse Trakiya ogryava,
Nad Pirina plameney.

Pripev:
(Rodino) Mila Rodino,
Ti si zemen ray,
Tvoyta hubost, tvoyta prelest,
Ah, te nyamat kray.
Mila Rodino,
Ti si zemen ray,
Tvoyta hubost, tvoyta prelest,
Ah, te nyamat kray.


II
Padnaha bortsi bezchet,
Za naroda nash lyubim,
Mayko, day ni mazhka sila,
Patya im da prodalzhim.

(Rodino) Mila Rodino,
Ti si zemen ray,
Tvoyta hubost, tvoyta prelest,
Ah, te nyamat kray.
Mila Rodino,
Ti si zemen ray,
Tvoyta hubost, tvoyta prelest,
Ah, te nyamat kray.

III
Druzhno, bratya balgari!
S nas Moskva e v mir i v boy!
Partiya velika vodi
Nashiya pobeden stroy.

(Rodino) Mila Rodino,
Ti si zemen ray,
Tvoyta hubost, tvoyta prelest,
Ah, te nyamat kray.
Mila Rodino,
Ti si zemen ray,
Tvoyta hubost, tvoyta prelest,
Ah, te nyamat kray.

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