Albanian National Anthem - Himni Shqiptar | Albanian Front
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Himni i Flamurit is the national anthem of Albania. The words were written by the Albanian poet Aleksander Stavre Drenova. The hymn was first published as a poem in Liri e Shqipërisë (in English: Freedom of Albania), an Albanian newspaper in Sofia, Bulgaria in 1912. It was later printed in a volume of poems by Drenova titled Ëndra e lotë (in English: Dreams and tears), which was published in Bucharest.
The music of the anthem was composed by the Romanian composer Ciprian Porumbescu, originally for the song "Pe-al nostru steag e scris Unire" (or "E scris pe tricolor unire" which was sung during the communist era in Romania, with certain modifications).
Albanian lyrics
Rreth flamurit të përbashkuar
Me një dëshir' e një qëllim,
Të gjith' atje duke u betuar
Të lidhim besën për shpëtim.
Prej lufte veç ai largohet
Që është lindur tradhëtor,
Kush është burrë nuk frikësohet,
Po vdes, po vdes si një dëshmor!
Në dorë armët do t'i mbajmë,
Të mbrojmë atdheun në çdo kënd,
Të drejtat tona ne s'i ndajmë;
Këtu armiqtë s'kanë vënd!
Se Zoti vetë e tha me gojë
Që kombe shuhen përmbi dhé,
Po Shqipëria do të rrojë;
Për të, për të luftojmë ne!
English
United around the flag
With one desire and one goal,
All of us pledging our honor
Making a covenant for salvation.
From war abstains only he,
Who a traitor is born,
For he who is a man is never frightened,
But falls, but falls a martyr to the cause!
The weapons in our hands we shall keep
Defending every corner of our fatherland,
Our rights we shall not surrender;
Here our enemies have no place!
For Lord himself hath spoken
That nations do vanish on earth,
But Albania shall live on,
For her, for her we wage war!
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