Sunday, December 09, 2018

"Nad Tatrou sa blýska"

"Lightning over the Tatras"

Nad Tatrou sa blýska
Hromy divo bijú
Zastavme ich, bratia
Veď sa ony stratia
Slováci ožijú

There is lightning over the Tatras

Thunders loudly sound
Let us stop them, brothers
After all they will disappear
The Slovaks will revive

To Slovensko naše

Posiaľ tvrdo spalo
Ale blesky hromu
Vzbudzujú ho k tomu
Aby sa prebralo

That Slovakia of ours
Had been sleeping by now
But the thunder's lightnings
Are rousing the land
To wake it up


Only the first two stanzas have been legislated as the anthem


Už Slovensko vstáva
Putá si strháva
Hej, rodina milá
Hodina odbila
Žije matka Sláva


Slovakia is already rising
Tearing off Her shackles
Hey, dear family
The hour has struck
Mother Glory is alive


Ešte jedle rastú
Na krivánskej strane
Kto jak Slovák cíti
Nech sa šable chytí
A medzi nás stane


Firs are still growing
On the slopes of Kriváň
Who feels to be a Slovak
Let him take a sabre
And stand among us