Svetozár Hurban-Vajanský

“ We want the soul, that in man's life inspires
Thought’s brightness and the flame of high desires.
“We want to quench and trample out the soul,
All memories of the days ere they were slaves;
To dance the can-can in their nation’s face,
Our foulness to defile their fathers' graves. ”

“ I from far-off prison speak to you,
Oh, sacred, sacred tops of Tatra’s heights!
Nothing is like them, ’neath the heaven blue.
Search all this bad, sad world from strand to strand,
You’ll find naught fairer than the Slovak land! ”