Hungary national anthem song


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Who wrote the Hungarian national anthem (lyrics and music)?

When was the national anthem of Hungary officially adopted?

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The National anthem of Hungary is “Himnusz” which means in English “Hymn”.
Hungary’s anthem lyrics were written by Ferenc KOLCSEY and the music was written by Ferenc ERKEL.
Adopted 1844.
 
National anthem of Hungary free mp3 download
Press to download the mp3 file of Hungary’s National anthem – See link (file source: cia world factbook).
 
Listen to Hungary national anthem on Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_N3gfzk-5bw
 
Hungarian anthem lyrics (English translation)
O God, bless the nation of Hungary
With your grace and bounty
Extend over it your guarding arm
During strife with its enemies
Long torn by ill fate
Bring upon it a time of relief
This nation has suffered for all sins
Of the past and of the future!
 
You brought our ancestors up
Over the Carpathians’ holy peaks
By You was won a beautiful homeland
For Bendeguz’s sons
And wherever flow the rivers of
The Tisza and the Danube
ֳrpֳ¡d our hero’s descendants
Will root and bloom.
 
For us on the plains of the Kuns
You ripened the wheat
In the grape fields of Tokaj
You dripped sweet nectar
Our flag you often planted
On the wild Turk’s earthworks
And under Mֳ¡tyֳ¡s’ grave army whimpered
Vienna’s “proud fort.”
 
Ah, but for our sins
Anger gathered in Your bosom
And You struck with Your lightning
From Your thundering clouds
Now the plundering Mongols’ arrows
You swarmed over us
Then the Turks’ slave yoke
We took upon our shoulders.
 
How often came from the mouths
Of Osman’s barbarian nation
Over the corpses of our defeated army
A victory song!
How often did your own son agress
My homeland, upon your breast,
And you became because of your own sons
Your own sons’ funeral urn!
 
The fugitive hid, and towards him
The sword reached into his cave
Looking everywhere he could not find
His home in his homeland
Climbs the mountain, descends the valley
Sadness and despair his companions
Sea of blood beneath his feet
Ocean of flame above.
 
Castle stood, now a heap of stones
Happiness and joy fluttered,
Groans of death, weeping
Now sound in their place.
And Ah! Freedom does not bloom
From the blood of the dead,
Torturous slavery’s tears fall
From the burning eyes of the orphans!
 
Pity, O Lord, the Hungarians
Who are tossed by waves of danger
Extend over it your guarding arm
On the sea of its misery
Long torn by ill fate
Bring upon it a time of relief
They who have suffered for all sins
Of the past and of the future!
 
Translated by: LASZLO KOROSSY (2003)
 
You can find more information about Hungarian anthem on Wikipedia – See link.
Sheet Music: View the Hungarian national anthem sheet music – See link.

 

Hungary
Hungarian national symbol: Holy Crown of Hungary (Crown of Saint Stephen); turul (falcon).

Hungary flag

Conventional short form country name: Hungary.
Conventional long form country name: none.
Local short form country name: Magyarorszag.
Local long form country name: none.
 
Hungary Government Type: parliamentary democracy.
 
Parliamentary democracy is a political system in which the legislature (parliament) selects the government – a prime minister, premier, or chancellor along with the cabinet ministers – according to party strength as expressed in elections; by this system, the government acquires a dual responsibility: to the people as well as to the parliament.ֲ