{"id":44029,"date":"2024-06-15T12:38:29","date_gmt":"2024-06-15T10:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/d55324c5-65d9-4fec-93d1-761f99b84615"},"modified":"2024-06-15T13:37:33","modified_gmt":"2024-06-15T11:37:33","slug":"albania-national-anthem-lyrics-and-history","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/rss_feed\/albania-national-anthem-lyrics-and-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Albania national anthem: lyrics and history"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By <\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Saturday, 15 June 2024 at 10:38 AM<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Here&#8217;s an introduction to &#8216;Himni i Flamurit&#8217;, or &#8216;Hymn to the Flag&#8217;, the national anthem of Albania.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-is-the-national-anthem-of-albania\">What is the national anthem of Albania?<\/h2><p>Albania&#8217;s national hymn is &#8216;Himni i Flamurit&#8217;, which translates as &#8216;Hymn to the Flag&#8217;. It was adopted as such in 1912. The music to the hymn has its origins in the Romanian patriotic song &#8216;Pe-al nostru steag e scris Unire&#8217;, which was written by the Romanian composer Ciprian Porumbescu. The lyrics, meanwhile, were composed by the Albanian poet Aleksand\u00ebr Stavre Drenova, better known as Asdreni. The anthem&#8217;s original name was &#8216; was originally titled &#8216;Betimi mbi Flamur&#8217;, which translates as the similar &#8216;The Pledge on the Flag&#8217;).<\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-more-euro-2024-national-anthem-lyrics\">More Euro 2024 national anthem lyrics<\/h3><p>By the way, we also have the lyrics to the national anthems of Albania&#8217;s Group B rivals at the UEFA Euro 2024 football tournament. Look elsewhere on the site for the lyrics to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/works\/italian-national-anthem-lyrics\">Italy&#8217;s national anthem<\/a><\/strong>; and the lyrics to the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/articles\/croatia-national-anthem-lyrics\">national anthem of Croatia<\/a><\/strong>. We&#8217;ve also got a page on the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/articles\/what-is-spains-national-anthem-and-why-doesnt-it-have-lyrics\">Spanish national anthem<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; though the situation with lyrics there is different, as you will see in the article.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-albania-national-anthem-lyrics-in-albanian\">Albania national anthem: lyrics in Albanian<\/h2><p>Rreth flamurit t\u00eb p\u00ebrbashkuar<br\/>Me nj\u00eb d\u00ebshir&#8217; e nj\u00eb q\u00ebllim,<br\/>T\u00eb gjith&#8217; atij duke u betuar<br\/>T\u00eb lidhim bes\u00ebn p\u00ebr shp\u00ebtim.<br\/>Prej lufte ve\u00e7 ai largohet<br\/>Q\u00eb \u00ebsht\u00eb lindur tradh\u00ebtor,<br\/>Kush \u00ebsht\u00eb burr\u00eb nuk frigohet,<br\/>Po vdes, po vdes si nj\u00eb d\u00ebshmor!<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"National Anthem: Albania - Himni i Flamurit\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SaQbBoPlGaE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-albania-national-anthem-english-lyrics\">Albania national anthem: English lyrics<\/h2><p>Around our\u00a0flag\u00a0we stand united,<br\/>With one wish and one goal,<br\/>A sacred oath we bestow upon it<br\/>Proclaiming loyalty for our salvation.<br\/>From war abstains only he,<br\/>Who a traitor is born,<br\/>He who is a true man is not frightened,<br\/>But dies a martyr to the cause.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-s-the-music-like\">What&#8217;s the music like?<\/h2><p>The Hungarian composer Gy\u00f6rgy <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/gyorgy-ligeti\">Ligeti<\/a><\/strong> once noted that the music to the Albania national anthem has its roots in the musical traditions of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/the-best-german-composers-of-all-time\">Germany<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/best-austrian-composers\">Austria<\/a><\/strong>. Which should not come as a great surprise, as the hymn&#8217;s composer Porumbescu did study at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna.<\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Published: Saturday, 15 June 2024 at 10:38 AM Here&#8217;s an introduction to &#8216;Himni i Flamurit&#8217;, or &#8216;Hymn to the Flag&#8217;, the national anthem of Albania. What is the national anthem of Albania? Albania&#8217;s national hymn is &#8216;Himni i Flamurit&#8217;, which translates as &#8216;Hymn to the Flag&#8217;. It was adopted as such in 1912. 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What is the national anthem of Albania? Albania&#8217;s national hymn is &#8216;Himni i Flamurit&#8217;, which translates as &#8216;Hymn to the Flag&#8217;. It was adopted as such in 1912. 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