come to build A shiny home over these very graves. But this graveyard in which lies The tragic secret of an epic deed Will cradle the immortality of glory Where the spirit will search for its lead. Resting here are the laurels of the past And the transient joys of a whole nation In this sombre grave under the blue waves Between the Earth and the sky dome. Hold on, Imperial galleons! Put out your torches Cease the splashing of your oars When my requiem is done, glide into the dark night In piety and silence. For I want an endless silence to rule For the dead to hear the battles’ furore How their boiling blood sparks in their sons Under the wings of glory. For there far away, the battlefields are flooded With the same blood that is at rest here to fade Here, over the fathers the peace reigns, While there, over the sons, the history is made. That’s why I need peace for this requiem Without words, without tears or quiet sighs To unite the clouds of incense and gunpowder With the muted rumbling of far-away drums. Hold on, Imperial galleons! In the name of respect! Tread with a silent trotter! A proud mass, I hold, like the heavens haven’t seen yet Above this holy water. See also Serbian Campaign of World War I Serbian Museum of Corfu Tamo daleko References External links Dragan Nikolić Serbia in World War I Buildings and structures in Corfu Serbian poems Royal Serbian Army Serbian military monuments and memorials