#715 - Kde Domov Muj (Bohemian)

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• Composer:
  • František Škroup (1801-1862), 1834
• Title variations:
  • Kde Domor Muj¹⁾
• Also known as:
  • Kde Domov Můj
  • Where Is My Home?
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• Lyrics:
  Kde domov můj? kde domov můj?
  Voda hučí po lučinách,
  bory šumi po skalinách,
  v sadě stkví se jara květ
  zemský ráj to na pohled.
  a to jest ta krásná země,
  země česká, domov můj,
  země česká, domov můj.
  
  Kde domov můj? kde domov můj?
  V kraji znáš-li bohumilém
  duše útlé v tělé čilém,
  mysl jasnou, vznik a zdar,
  a tu sílu vzdoru zmar?
  To se Čechů slavné plémě,
  mezi Čechy domov můj,
  mezi Čechy domov můj!
  
  
  • Josef Kajetán Tyl (1808–1856), 1834
• Lyrics:
  Where is my home?
  Where is my home?
  Waters thro' its meads are streaming,
  Mounts with rustling woods are teeming,
  Vales are bright with flow'rlets rare,
  O earth's Eden, thou art fair!
  Land of beauty, dear Bohemia,
  Thou art my home, fatherland!
  Thou art my home, fatherland!
  
  Where is my home?
  Where is my home?
  By the Towers of God 'tis bounded,
  By the noblest sons surrounded,
  True and light of heart are they,
  Firm and bold in deadly fray.
  Offspring grand fo dear Bohemia,
  Thou art my home, fatherland!
  Thou art my home, fatherland!
  
  
  • trans František Boleslav Zdrůbek (1842-1911)
• Lyrics:
  Where is my home? Where is my home?
  Waters murmurs across the meads
  Pinewoods rustle upon the cliff-rocks,
  Bloom of spring shines in the orchard,
  Paradise on Earth to see!
  And that is the beautiful land,
  The Czech land, my home!
  The Czech land, my home!
  
  Where is my home? Where is my home?
  If, in the 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 the Czechs (is) my home!
  Among the Czechs, my home!
  
  
  • (trans. unknown)

Kde Domov Můj has been the national anthem of the Czech Republic since 1918.