"" or "" () is a former

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, used from 1860 to 1989. It is now used as the official service song of the

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Lyrics and music

It tells about a boy who goes to defend his homeland, meaning him more than his mother or sweetheart. As such, it is a patriotic recruiting poem. It was the first Slovene literature to be translated into English. The lyrics were written originally by

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and then improved collaboratively by him and his cousin

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who also wrote the music. The poem was first publicly sung with great success in front of a large Slavic audience on 22 October 1860, and was first published in () on 1 December 1860. In 1863, it was renamed by

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to . In 1885, it became the first poem in Slovene to have been translated into English, under the title "With Slava's Banner, Forward!" The translators were Andrej Jurtela, the first lecturer of Slavic languages at the

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, and English journalist Alfred Lloyd Hardy, who had a keen interest in music and in

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. He arranged the melody by Davorin Jenko for piano, wrote an interlinear translation and published it

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as an independent publication. The poem was originally titled "Naprej" ("Forward") and set to music in an inn in Vienna's

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, who was in anger over the German snub of the Slovene, on 16 May 1860.

History

Part of the national anthem of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia

After the formation of the

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, the first and the last stanza of the poem were included into the Yugoslav national anthem as its third part, in a medley including the

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ethnic anthem "" and the Croatian song "". Even before, during the fight for the northern border, the poem was sung by the Maister's soldiers in November 1918.

Slovene Partisans and Territorial Defence

In World War II, "" was the introductory melody of the Kričač radio station, emitted by the Slovene Liberation Front, and was a part of the morning and the evening salutation to the flag by the

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. With the establishment of the

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in 1946, the royal Yugoslav anthem was replaced by "

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". The first post-war constitution of the

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and the constitution, adopted in 1963, did not specify a regional anthem. "Naprej, zastava slave" was used at official public events and on state holidays since the beginning of the 1970s. In spring 1987, it was replaced by "". Because it calls to the defence of the homeland, it was since 1992 played during ceremonial events and oathtaking ceremonies in the

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in line with the draft ''Rules on Service in the Territorial Defence'', adopted on 15 April 1992.

Current role

It is the current anthem of the

, based on a government decree from 1995.

Lyrics

Notes

References

External links

Anthem of the Slovenian Armed Forces
Music and lyrics. Themarches09. YouTube. 3 August 2010. Retrieved 3 March 2012. {{Anthems of Europe Slovene poems Military marches Anthems of Slovenia 1860 poems Historical national anthems National anthem compositions in B-flat major