Treceți, batalioane române, Carpații
Treceți, batalioane române, Carpații is a Romanian patriotic song. It is thought to have been composed in 1916, shortly before Romania's entry into World War I, although its first historical apparition occurred in February 1919, when members of the Romanian Legion of Transylvanian-Bukovinan Volunteers were recorded singing a version of the song. The original version is about how Romanian soldiers say goodbye to their families and go to Transylvania to fight against the Austro-Hungarian Empire for the unification of the region with the Kingdom of Romania. The song was later "revived" during the communist regime between the 1970s and 1980s when Adrian Păunescu and other poets added more stanzas and made the song part of the Cenaclul Flacăra, an artistic and cultural movement of the time. This ended up making the song more popular during the socialist period.
The author was possibly Iosif Romulus Botto, who composed around 30 other choirs and fanfares about Transylvania and Banat during the interwar period. However, he was only 12 in the year 1916.
This song is similar to Szara piechota, a Polish patriotic song reportedly from either 1918 or 1927.Lyrics
The lyrics are as follows:Current version (1970s-1980s)
