 Sheet music for "Poland Is Not Yet Lost" | |
National anthem of Poland | |
| Also known as | „Pieśń Legionów Polskich we Włoszech” (English: 'Song of the Polish Legions in Italy') „Jeszcze Polska nie zginęła” (English: 'Poland Is Not Yet Lost') |
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| Lyrics | Józef Wybicki, 1797 |
| Music | Unknown, 18th century (current arrangement by Kazimierz Sikorski) |
| Adopted | 26 February 1927 |
| Audio sample | |
U.S. Navy Band instrumental version in F major (one verse) | |
"Poland Is Not Yet Lost",[a][b] also known as the " Mazurek Dąbrowskiego",[c] and the "Song of the Polish Legions in Italy",[d] is the national anthem of Poland.[1][2][3] The original lyrics were written by Józef Wybicki in Reggio Emilia, in Northern Italy, between 16 and 19 July 1797, two years after the Third Partition of Poland marked the end of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Its initial purpose was to raise the morale of Jan Henryk Dąbrowski's Polish Legions that served with Napoleon Bonaparte in the Italian campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars. The song expressed the idea that the nation of Poland, despite lacking an independent state of their own, had not disappeared as long as the Polish people endured and fought in its name.[2][3]
Following the declaration of independence of the Second Polish Republic in 1918, the song became its de facto national anthem, and was officially adopted in 1927.[3] It also inspired similar songs by other peoples struggling for independence during the 19th century, such as the Ukrainian anthem "Ukraine Is Not Yet Perished" and the Yugoslav anthem "Hey, Slavs".[2] The first Slovak Republic also used the Polish anthem's melody for its anthem.
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This article incorporates public domain material from "Poland". The World Factbook (2024 ed.). CIA. 12 February 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2013. (Archived 2013 edition.)
- ^ a b c Pałłasz, Edward. "The Polish National Anthem". Poland – Official Promotional Website of the Republic of Poland. Warsaw, PL: Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Archived from the original on 23 February 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
- ^ a b c Trochimczyk, Maja (2000). "Mazurek Dąbrowskiego". National Anthems of Poland. Los Angeles: Polish Music Center. USC Thornton School of Music. Archived from the original on 26 February 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
