Poland Is Not Yet Lost

"Poland Is Not Yet Lost", known in Polish as "Mazurek Dąbrowskiego" ( pronounced [maˈzurɛk dɔmbrɔfˈskʲɛɡɔ]; lit. 'Dąbrowski's Mazurka') and formerly the "Song of the Polish Legions in Italy", is the national anthem of Poland. 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.

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. 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", the Israeli anthem "Hatikvah (Our hope is not yet lost)", the Croatian reveille "Croatia has not yet fallen" and the Yugoslav and Slovak anthem "Hey, Slavs".