National Anthem of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia

National Anthem of Kingdom of Yugoslavia

National anthem of Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Lyrics	Jovan Đorđević (Bože pravde), Antun Mihanović (Lijepa naša domovino), Simon Jenko (Naprej zastava slave)
Music	Davorin Jenko (Bože pravde and Naprej zastava slave), Josif Runjanin (Lijepa naša domovino)
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National Anthem of Kingdom of Yugoslavia

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 the 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.

It was officially used between 1919 and 1941. There was no official document that declared the anthem invalid, or void. The Constitution of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia was not in effect after the April capitulation.

Lyrics

Note: The Serbian verses are written in both Cyrillic and Latin script.

Official

Боже правде,

ти што спасе,
од пропасти до сад нас!


Чуј и од сад наше гласе


и одсад нам буди спас!

Bože pravde, Ti što spase

Od propasti do sad nas,

Čuj i od sad naše glase,

I od sad 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!

Боже спаси,

Боже храни,
нашег Краља и наш род!


Краља Петра, Боже храни, (Краљ' Ал'ксандра, Боже, храни,)


моли ти се сав наш род!

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

• Hej Slaveni

References

1. ^ Textbook for the 3rd class of primary schools in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, editor: S. Čajkovac PhD, 1934.