Czech Republic

Kde domov můj?

Kde domov můj?
Kde domov můj?

Voda hučí po lučinách,
bory šumí po skalinách,
v sadě skví se jara květ,
zemský ráj to na pohled!

A to je ta krásná země,
země česká, domov můj,
země česká, domov můj!

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English Translation

Where Is My Home?

Where is my home?
Where is my home?

Water rushes through the meadows,
pinewoods rustle among the rocks,
in the orchard spring flowers bloom,
a paradise on earth to behold!

And that is the beautiful land,
the Czech land, my home,
the Czech land, my home!

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The anthem began as a song in an 1834 stage play and became so popular that it evolved into the national anthem.

When Czechoslovakia split peacefully in 1993, the former two-part Czechoslovak anthem was divided as well: the Czech Republic kept Kde domov můj? ("Where Is My Home?"), while Slovakia retained Nad Tatrou sa blýska ("Lightning Over the Tatras") as its national anthem.