SLOVAK LYRICS

Nad Tatrou sa blýska, hromy divo bijú. 
Nad Tatrou sa blýska, hromy divo bijú. 
Zastavme sa, bratia, 
ved sa ony stratia, 
Slováci ozijú. 
Zastavme sa, bratia, 
ved sa ony stratia, 
Slováci ozijú. 

To Slovensko nase posial tvrdo spalo, 
To Slovensko nase posial tvrdo spalo, 
ale blesky hromu 
vzbudzujú ho k tomu, 
aby sa prebralo. 
ale blesky hromu 
vzbudzujú ho k tomu, 
aby sa prebralo. 

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ENGLISH TRANSLATION
 
Lighting flashes over the Tatra, the thunder pounds wildly,
Lighting flashes over the Tatra, the thunder pounds wildly.
Let us pause, brothers, they will surely disappear, the Slovaks will revive,
Let us pause, brothers, they will surely disappear, the Slovaks will revive.

This Slovakia of ours has been fast asleep until now,
This Slovakia of ours has been fast asleep until now.
But the thunder and lighting are encouraging it to come alive,
But the thunder and lighting are encouraging it to come alive. 


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Slovakia
"Nad Tatrou sa blyská" (Storm Over the Tatras)

Words by:Janko Matuska
Music by:traditional
In use since:1844. Adopted as part of Czechoslovak anthem 1920, as Slovak
anthem 1993.

Until the breakup of Czechoslovakia in 1993, the Slovak anthem was used as part
of the Czechoslovakian anthem, played immediately following the Czech anthem.
The melody of the anthem, long used as an unofficial anthem, is that of a
Slovak folk song entitled "kopala studienku,
pozerala do nej". The lyrics commemorate the exodus of Slovak students from
Bratislava in 1843; the song quickly became popular with Slovaks, especially
students involved in the protest and was used as the Slovak anthem when
Czechoslovakia was created. The anthem used during Slovakia's existence as a
state during World War II was "Hej,_Slováci".

The Tatras mentioned in the title and text are a mountain range in the eastern
part of the country.

