| National anthem of |  Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
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| Music | Stanislav Binički (Jovan Đorđević (Bože pravde), Josip Runjanin (Lijepa naša domovino),Davorin Jenko (Naprej zastava slave), 1918 |
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The National anthem of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes 1918–1929) was created in December 1918 from the national anthems of the Kingdom's main three constituent historical provinces: Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia. In those times the official authorities considered the three nations, Croats, Serbs and Slovenes as one nation with three names. The official language was thus called Serbo-Croato-Slovene language.
Although a law on the national anthem did not exist, the anthems of all three South Slavic nations were unified into a single anthem of the Kingdom. It started with a few measures from the Serbian anthem "Bože pravde", continued with a few lines from the Croatian anthem "Lijepa naša domovino", which were in turn followed by a few lines from the traditional Slovenian anthem "Naprej zastava slave". The anthem finished with some lines from the Serbian anthem again. In some cases the Anthem contained only 4 paragraphs, the first and fourth from the "Bože Pravde", the second, from the "Lijepa naša domovino", and the third from the "Naprej zastava slave".
It was used between 1919 and 1941.
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Lyrics
Official
- Bože pravde, Ti što spase
- Od propasti do sad nas,
- Čuj i otsad naše glase,
- I otsad nam budi spas!
- Lijepa naša domovino,
- Oj junačka zemljo mila,
- Stare slave djedovino,
- Da bi vazda sretna bila!
- Naprej zastava slave,
- Na boj junaška kri!
- Za blagor očetnjave
- Naj puška govori!
- Bože spasi, Bože hrani
- Našeg Kralja i naš rod!
- Kralja Petra, Bože hrani,
- Moli ti se sav naš rod.[1]
English Lyrics
- God of justice, save thy people,
- Lord, protect us day by day;
- Hear our voices supplicating,
- Grant salvation now, we pray.
- Blessed homeland, we salute thee,
- Fairest proud soil, heroes hold dear.
- Fatherland, allegiance we pledge,
- Honouring thee, land without peer.
- "Advance with banners waving!
- Fight on!" our heroes cry.
- To save our country's glory
- The roaring guns reply.
- God protect our noble monarch,
- God watch over great and small,
- God sustain and guide King Peter,
- God defend and keep us all!
See also
References
- ^ Textbook for the 3rd class of primary schools in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, editor: S. Čajkovac PhD, 1934.
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