Denes nad Makedonija

by Vlado Maleski

"Denes nad Makedonija" (Macedonian: Денес над Македонија, pronounced [ˈdɛnɛs nad makɛˈdɔnija]; lit. '"Today over Macedonia"'; is the national anthem of North Macedonia; both the music and lyrics date from the early 1940s. Todor Skalovski composed the music, while the lyrics were written by Vlado Maleski. It was adopted as the national anthem in 1992, a year after the state's independence from Yugoslavia. Before its adoption as a national anthem, it was used as the regional anthem of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia, a constituent state of Yugoslavia, before it became the national anthem of the Republic of North Macedonia.

Lyrics

"Denes nad Makedonija" as originally written consists of four stanzas. North Macedonia's law does not exactly specify which stanzas officially constitute the national anthem. However, the second stanza is often omitted from the lyrics of the national anthem that are posted on North Macedonia's government websites.

Official Macedonian lyrics	Romanization of Macedonian	IPA transcription	Albanian translation	English translation
Денес над Македонија се раѓа, ново сонце на слободата! 𝄆 Македонците се борат, за своите правдини! 𝄇 Не плачи Македонијо мајко мила, Крени глава гордо, високо, 𝄆 Старо, младо, машко и женско, На нозе се кренало! 𝄇 Одново сега знамето се вее, на Крушевската Република! 𝄆 Гоце Делчев, Питу Гули, Даме Груев, Сандански! 𝄇 Горите македонски шумно пеат, нови песни, нови весници! 𝄆 Македонија слободна, слободно живее! 𝄇	Denes nad Makedonija se ragja, novo sonce na slobodata! 𝄆 Makedoncite se borat, za svoite pravdini! 𝄇 Ne plaçi Makedonijo majko mila, Kreni glava gordo, visoko, 𝄆 Staro, mlado, mashko i zhensko, Na noze se krenalo! 𝄇 Odnovo sega znameto se vee, na Krushevskata Republika! 𝄆 Goce Delçev, Pitu Guli, Dame Gruev, Sandanski! 𝄇 Gorite Makedonski shumno peat, novi pesni, novi vesnici! 𝄆 Makedonija slobodna, slobodno zhivee! 𝄇	[ˈd̪ɛn̪ɛs̪ n̪at̪ makɛˈd̪ɔn̪ija s̪ɛ ˈraɟa |] [ˈnɔvɔ ˈs̪ɔn̪t̪͡s̪ɛ n̪a s̪ɫ̪ɔˈbɔd̪at̪a ‖] 𝄆 [makɛˈd̪ɔn̪t̪͡s̪it̪ɛ s̪ɛ ˈbɔrat̪ |] [z̪a ˈs̪vɔit̪ɛ ˈpravd̪in̪i ‖] 𝄇 [n̪ɛ ˈpɫ̪at͡ʃi makɛˈd̪ɔn̪ijɔ ˈmajkɔ ˈmiɫ̪a |] [ˈkrɛn̪i ˈgɫ̪ava ˈgɔrd̪ɔ | ˈvis̪ɔkɔ |] 𝄆 [ˈs̪t̪arɔ | ˈmɫ̪ad̪ɔ | ˈmaʃkɔ i ˈʒɛn̪s̪kɔ |] [n̪a ˈn̪ɔz̪ɛ s̪ɛ ˈkrɛn̪aɫ̪ɔ ‖] 𝄇 [ˈɔd̪n̪ɔvɔ ˈs̪ɛga ˈz̪n̪amɛt̪ɔ s̪ɛ vɛː ǀ] [n̪a kruˈʃɛfs̪kat̪a rɛˈpubl̪ika ǁ] 𝄆 [ˈgɔt̪͡s̪ɛ ˈd̪ɛl̪t͡ʃɛf ǀ ˈpit̪u ˈgul̪i ǀ] [ˈd̪amɛ ˈgruɛf ǀ ˈs̪an̪d̪an̪s̪ki ǁ] 𝄇 [ˈgɔrit̪ɛ maˈkɛd̪ɔn̪s̪ki ˈʃumn̪ɔ ˈpɛat̪ ǀ] [ˈn̪ɔvi ˈpɛs̪n̪i ǀ ˈn̪ɔvi ˈvɛs̪n̪it̪͡s̪i ǁ] 𝄆 [makɛˈd̪ɔn̪ija ˈs̪ɫ̪ɔbɔd̪n̪a ǀ] [ˈs̪ɫ̪ɔbɔd̪n̪ɔ ˈʒivɛː ǁ] 𝄇	Sot mbi Maqedoninë ka lind, dielli i ri i lirisë! 𝄆 Maqedonasit luftojnë për të drejtat e veta! 𝄇 Mos qaj e dashura nënë Maqedoni, ngrite kokën lart me krenari. 𝄆 Të vjetër, të rinj, burra dhe gra, në këmbë janë ngritur! 𝄇 Përsëri po valëvitet flamuri, mbi Republikën e Krushevës! 𝄆 Goce Dellçev, Pitu Guli, Dame Gruev, Sandanski! 𝄇 Pyjet Maqedonase këndojnë, këngë të reja, lajme të reja! Maqedonia e lirë, e lirë jeton! 𝄇	Today over Macedonia is born the new sun of liberty. 𝄆 The Macedonians fight for their own rights! 𝄇 Do not cry, dear mother Macedonia, Raise your head proudly high, 𝄆 Old, young, men, and women, have risen to their feet! 𝄇 Now once again the flag flutters, (that) of the Kruševo Republic 𝄆 Gotse Delchev, Pitu Guli Dame Gruev, Sandanski! 𝄇 The Macedonian woods resoundly sing new songs and news! 𝄆 Macedonia liberated lives in liberty! 𝄇