INNO REPUBBLICA CECA

Composed in 1834, recognised in 1919

There was two section: Czech and Slovak.

From 1993, when Slovakia separeted,

only the Czech section has been retained

by the new Czech Republic as the National Anthem.

Words by JOSEF KAJETÁN TYL (1808-1856) 

Kde domov möj, kde domov möj?

Vodahu¹i po lu¹inách,

Bory ëumi po skalinách,

V sadÆ skvi se jara kvÆt,

Zemskú ráj to na pohled!

A to je ta krásna zemÆ,

ZemÆ ¹eská, domov möj,

ZemÆ ¹eská, domov möj!

Kde domov möj, kde domov möj?

V kraji znáë-li bohumilém,

Duëe utlé v tÆlÆ ¹ilém,

Mysl Jasnou, znik a zdar,

A tu sílu, vzdoru zmar.

To je ‡echö slavné plémÆ,

Mezi ‡echy domov möj,

Mezi ‡echy domuv möj.

TRANSLATION

Where is my home, where is my home?

Water bubbles across the meadows,

Pinewoods rustle among crags,

The garden is glorious with spring blossom,

Paradise on earth it is to see.

And this is that beautiful land,

The Czech land, my home,

The Czech land, my home.

Where is my home, where is my home?

If, in a heavenly land, you have met

Tender souls in agile frames,

Of clear mind, vigorous and prospering,

And with a strength that frustrates all defiance,

That is the glorious race of Czechs,

Among Czechs (is) my home,

Among Czech, my home.