The National anthem

National anthem

A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that evokes and eulogizes the history, traditions and struggles of its people, recognized either by a nation's government as the official national song, or by convention through use by the people.- History :Anthems rose to prominence...

 of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia

Kingdom of Yugoslavia

The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was a state stretching from the Western Balkans to Central Europe which existed during the often-tumultuous interwar era of 1918–1941...

(Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes 1918–1929) was created in December 1918 from the national anthems of the Kingdom's main three constituent historical provinces: Croatia

Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

, Serbia

Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

 and Slovenia

Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...

. In those times the official authorities considered the three nations, Croats

Croats

Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

, Serbs

Serbs

The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...

 and Slovenes as one nation with three names. The official language was thus called the Serbo-Croato-Slovene language

Serbo-Croatian

Serbo-Croatian or Serbo-Croat, less commonly Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian , is a South Slavic language with multiple standards and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro...

.

Although a law on the national anthem did not exist, the anthems of all three South Slavic nations were unified into a single anthem of the Kingdom. It started with a few measures from the Serbian anthem "Bože pravde

Bože pravde

"Bože pravde" is the official anthem of Serbia, as defined by the Article 7 of the Constitution of Serbia. "Bože pravde" was the anthem of the Principality of Serbia and Kingdom of Serbia until 1918 when Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes was formed. It was recommended by the Parliament of...

", continued with a few lines from the Croatian anthem "Lijepa naša domovino

Lijepa naša domovino

"Lijepa naša domovino" is the national anthem of Croatia. It is often referred to as just "Lijepa naša" in Croatia, which is also a phrase widely used as a metonym for the country....

", which were in turn followed by a few lines from the traditional Slovenian anthem "Naprej zastava slave

Naprej zastava slave

"Naprej zastava slave" is a Slovene poem that was used as the Slovenian national anthem between 1918 and 1990.It was written by Simon Jenko and set to music by Davorin Jenko on 16 May 1860....

". The anthem finished with some lines from the Serbian anthem again.

It was officially used between 1919 and 1941. There was no official document that declared the anthem invalid, or void. The Constitution of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia was not in effect after the April capitulation.

Official

Боже правде,

ти што спасе,
од пропасти до сад нас!


Чуј и од сад наше гласе


и одсад нам буди спас!

Bože pravde, Ti što spase

Od propasti do sad nas,

Čuj i od sad naše glase,

I od sad nam budi spas!

Lijepa naša domovino,

Oj junačka zemljo mila,

Stare slave djedovino,

Da bi vazda sretna bila!

Naprej zastava slave,

Na boj junaška kri!

Za blagor očetnjave

Naj puška govori!

Боже спаси,

Боже храни,
нашег Краља и наш род!


Краља Петра, Боже храни, (Краљ' Ал'ксандра, Боже, храни,)


моли ти се сав наш род!

Bože spasi, Bože hrani

Našeg Kralja i naš rod!

Kralja Petra, Bože hrani,

Moli ti se sav naš rod.

English Lyrics

God of justice, save thy people,

Lord, protect us day by day;

Hear our voices supplicating,

Grant salvation now, we pray.

Blessed homeland, we salute thee,

Fairest proud soil, heroes hold dear.

Fatherland, allegiance we pledge,

Honouring thee, land without peer.

"Advance with banners waving!

Fight on!" our heroes cry.

To save our country's glory

The roaring guns reply.

God protect our noble monarch,

God watch over great and small,

God sustain and guide King Peter,

God defend and keep us all!