"" (, ; ) is the national anthem of North Macedonia. Todor Skalovski composed the music and Vlado Maleski wrote the lyrics of the song in the early 1940s. It was adopted as the national anthem in 1992, almost 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.

History

thumb|A monument in [[Struga dedicated to "Denes nad Makedonija"]]

thumb|A [[Army of North Macedonia|Macedonian soldier saluting on behalf of his subordinates during a performance of the anthem at Camp Taji in 2008]]

The lyrics of "Denes nad Makedonija" were penned by Vlado Maleski in 1941, a writer who was active in the Macedonian Partisan movement during World War II. The musical portion was composed by Todor Skalovski. The song was first played in 1941 in Struga, among partisan and communist circles. According to oral recounts, the song was performed by Maleski himself on New Year's Eve in the presence of 24 youths, whose identities were subsequently documented in writing only in 1981. Even though the resistance consisted of fighters from the different ethnic groups across Yugoslavia, the aforementioned youths are believed to have all identified as Macedonians. The names of Goce Delčev, Pitu Guli, Nikola Karev, Jane Sandanski and Dimitar Vlahov were referred to because they advocated for an independent Macedonia and were against Bulgarian irredentism. Per academics Aleksandar Pavković and Christopher Kellen, they essentially had the same cause as the partisans in the National Liberation Struggle. until 1989. There is no official explanation for the changes in the lyrics, although it has been debated. Macedonia's independence was approved on 8 September 1991 in a referendum that saw Macedonians vote overwhelmingly in favor of independence.

Soon after independence, the Macedonian national legislature held a contest to determine a national anthem for the state.

Macedonia's Sobranie (legislative chamber) passed legislation titled "The Law on the Anthem of the Republic of Macedonia" on 11 August 1992. This officially adopted "Denes nad Makedonija" as the national anthem of the country,

The lyrics of "Denes nad Makedonija" are reflective of a military marching song, which is fitting given its connection to the Yugoslav Macedonian theatre of the Second World War. They are not a call to arms for Macedonians; instead, the hymn uses imagery to take the person singing it back to the time the anthem was written and purports that they themselves were engaging in combat at the time. It discussed how mothers mourn for their fallen sons, who died fighting for the rights and liberty of their country. They are comforted for their loss by being reminded of the bravery of their sons and the nobleness of the cause for which they died. Although this theme has been described as a "standard anthemic device", it was subsequently expunged from the official words of the state anthem.

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