Denes nad Makedonija
"Denes nad Makedonija" (Macedonian: Денес над Македонија, pronounced [ˈdɛnɛs nad makɛˈdɔnija]; lit. '"Today over Macedonia"'; is the national anthem of North Macedonia; both the music and lyrics date from the early 1940s. Todor Skalovski composed the music, while the lyrics were written by Vlado Maleski. It was adopted as the national anthem in 1992, a year after the state's independence from Yugoslavia. Before its adoption as a national anthem, it was used as the regional anthem of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia, a constituent state of Yugoslavia, before it became the national anthem of the Republic of North Macedonia.
Lyrics
edit"Denes nad Makedonija" as originally written consists of four stanzas. North Macedonia's law does not exactly specify which stanzas officially constitute the national anthem. However, the second stanza is often omitted from the lyrics of the national anthem that are posted on North Macedonia's government websites.
Official Macedonian lyrics | Romanization of Macedonian | IPA transcription | Albanian translation | English translation |
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Денес над Македонија се раѓа, |
Denes nad Makedonija se ragja, |
[ˈd̪ɛn̪ɛs̪ n̪at̪ makɛˈd̪ɔn̪ija s̪ɛ ˈraɟa |] |
Sot mbi Maqedoninë ka lind, |
Today over Macedonia is born |