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Hymni 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 Shqipėrisė (Freedom of Albania), an Albanian newspaper in Sofia, Bulgaria. The music of the anthem was composed by the Romanian composer Ciprian Porumbescu. In the Albanian constitution the name of the national anthem is Rreth Flamurit tė Pėrbashkuar (English: literally United Around the Flag, though sometimes translated as United Around Our Flag), which is the first verse of the poem. Sometimes the more generic name Hymni Kombėtar (National Anthem) is used.
{| cellspacing=2 !align="left"|Hymni i Flamurit (in Albanian) ||align="left"|Hymn to the Flag (in English) |- |Rreth flamurit tė pėrbashkuar, ||United around the flag, |- |Me njė dėshirė dhe njė qėllim, ||With one desire and one goal, |- |Tė gjithė Atij duke iu betuar, ||Let us pledge our word of honour |- |Tė lidhim besėn pėr shpėtim. ||To fight for our salvation |- | |- | |- |Prej lufte veē ay largohet, ||Only he who is a born traitor |- |Qė ėshtė lindur tradhėtor, ||Averts from the struggle. |- |Kush ėshtė burrė nuk friksohet, ||He who is brave is not daunted, |- |Po vdes, po vdes si njė dėshmor. ||But falls - a martyr to the cause. |- | |- | |- |Nė dorė armėt do t'i mbajmė, ||With arms in hand we shall remain, |- |Tė mbrojmė Atdheun nė ēdo vėnd, ||To guard our fatherland round about. |- |Tė drejtat tona ne s'i ndajmė, ||Our rights we will not bequeath, |- |Kėtu armiqtė s'kanė vėnd. ||Enemies have no place here. |- | |- | |- |Se Zoti vet e tha me gojė, ||For the Lord Himself has said, |- |Qė kombe shuhen pėrmbi dhé, ||That nations vanish from the earth, |- |Po Shqipėria do tė rrojė, ||But Albania shall live on, |- |Pėr tė, pėr tė luftojmė ne. ||Because for her, it is for her that we fight. |}
Hymni i Flamurit is also the name of a poem by Fan S. Noli.External links
