"Himni i Flamurit" (in English: 'Hymn to the Flag') is the national anthem of Albania. The words were written by the Albanian poet Asdreni ("Aleksandër Stavre Drenova"). The hymn was first published as a poem in "Liri e Shqipërisë" (in English: "Freedom of Albania"), an Albanian newspaper in Sofia, Bulgaria, on 21 April 1912. It was later printed in a volume of poems by Drenova titled "Ëndra e lotë" (in English: "Dreams and tears"), which was published in Bucharest. The music of the anthem was composed by the Romanian composer Ciprian Porumbescu. It's based on the song "Pe-al nostru steag e scris Unire".