Škroup‘s score of Kde domov můj
Kde domov můj? (Where is My Home?) is the national anthem of the Czech Republic. It has been used since independence in 1993. In the old Czechoslovakia, this song formed the first part of the national anthem, with the first stanza of Slovak anthem forming the second part.
It was written by the composer František Škroup and the dramatist Josef Kajetán Tyl as a part of the comedy Fidlovačka aneb žádný hněv a žádná rvačka (Fidlovačka, or no anger and no brawl). It was performed for the first time in the Stavovské Divadlo (Estates Theatre) in Prague on December 21, 1834. The song originally had more stanzas, but only the first is officially the anthem and the rest is forgotten.
Original Czech lyrics
- 1.
- Kde domov můj, kde domov můj?
- Voda hučí po lučinách,
- bory šumí po skalinách,
- v sadě skví se jara květ,
- zemský ráj to na pohled,
- A to je ta krásná země,
- země česká, domov můj,
- země česká, domov můj.
- 2.
- Kde domov můj kde domov můj?
- V kraji znáš-li bohumilém
- duše útlé v těle čilém
- mysl jasnou vznik a zdar
- a tu sílu vzdoru zmar
- to je Čechů slavné plémě
- mezi Čechy domov můj
- mezi Čechy domov můj!
- text of national anthem is only first strophe)
English translation
- 1
- Where is my home, where is my home?
- Water roars across the meadows,
- Pinewoods rustle among crags,
- The garden is glorious with spring blossom,
- Paradise on earth it is to see.
- And this is that beautiful land,
- The Czech land, my home,
- The Czech land, my home.
- 2
- Where is my home, where is my home?
- If, in a heavenly land, you have met
- Tender souls in agile frames,
- Of clear mind, vigorous and prospering,
- And with a strength that frustrates all defiance,
- That is the glorious race of Czechs,
- Among Czechs (is) my home,
- Among Czechs, my home.
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