National Anthems

[The Monkey]

I'm kind of a fan of National Anthems(well, not really) so why don't you post your and/or other countr(y/ies)'s national anthem(s). That would be kinda fun, wouldn't it? :cheese:

 

[Burn]

UK's one is Land Of Hope And Glory

Oh wait thats what its MENT to be, what it IS, is infact God save our stupid bloody crappy anthem

 

[Tinneth]

The only time I like hearing out national anthem is at the start of an international football match. It gets me really fired up for the match ahead and its great to hear thousands upon thousands of people belt it out in the stadium. Glorious. Other than that its kinda boring.

 

[The Monkey]

I mean the whole texts..***le Britannia goes something like this, right?
Rule Britannia, Britannia rules the waves. Britons never, never, never will be slaves. Right?

 

[^Ben]

Chad has a really cool anthem.

 

[The Monkey]

Here is Sweden's. Only a few people have ever heard the last two parts.

1
Du gamla, Du fria, Du fjällhöga nord
Du tysta, Du glädjerika sköna!
Jag hälsar Dig, vänaste land uppå jord,
Din sol, Din himmel, Dina ängder gröna,
Din sol, Din himmel, Dina ängder gröna.

2
Du tronar på minnen från fornstora dar,
då ärat Ditt namn flög över jorden.
Jag vet att Du är och Du blir vad du var.
Ja, jag vill leva jag vill dö i Norden,
Ja, jag vill leva jag vill dö i Norden.

3
Jag städs vill dig tjäna mitt älskade land,
din trohet till döden vill jag svära.
Din rätt, skall jag värna, med håg och med hand,
Din fana, högt den bragderika bära,
Din fana, högt den bragderika bära.

4
Med Gud skall jag kämpa, för hem och för härd,
för Sverige, den kära fosterjorden.
Jag byter Dig ej, mot allt i en värld
Nej, jag vill leva jag vill dö i Norden,
Nej, jag vill leva jag vill dö i Norden.

 

[Willber123]

yeh but no one can read that

yeh God save the queen!

 

[CrazyHarij]

Sweden's national anthem is pretty gay, and not that patriotic either.

It says "I want to live and die in the Nordic" not Sweden.. :|

 

[hasan]

Iraq:
http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Ardulfurataini_Watan

hmm .. I just noticed "Oh company of al-Ba'th, you pride of lions" this is the first time I hear this line .. (we memorized the antheme in school, but I don't remember any refence to the party)

This is the older one:
http://david.national-anthems.net/iq-txt.htm
and an mp3 (not official .. I think this one is sung(sp?) by palestinians)
http://www.syrianstudents.com/Media/music/Mawtini.mp3

ENGLISH TRANSLATION:

My homeland
My homeland
Glory and beauty
Sublimity and prettiness
Are in your hills
Life and deliverance
Pleasure and hope
Are in your atmosphere
Will I see you?
Safe and comfortable
Sound and honored
Will I see you?
In your eminence
Reaching the stars
My homeland
My homeland

The youth will not get tired
Their goal is your independence
Or they die
We will drink from death
But we will not be slaves to our enemies
We do not want
An eternal humiliation
Nor a miserable life
We do not want
But we will return
Our great glory
My homeland
My homeland

The sword and the pen
Are our symbols
Not talking nor quarreling
Our glory and covenant
And a duty to fulfill it
Shake us
Our honor
Is an honorable cause
A raised flag
O, your beauty
In your eminence
Victorious over your enemies
My homeland
My homeland

 

[The Monkey]

Come on, there are 210 countries in the world, and we only got one national anthem!

 

[Steve]

i think everybody already knows ours...the first verse of a Revolutionary War poem set to the tune of a freakin' drinking song

 

[hasan]

two ..
and I see you posted your in non-english. well, here is the arabic version of mine (in english letters)

Mawtini Mawtini

Al jalalu wal jamalu
Was sana'u wal baha'u fi rubak, fi rubak
Wal hayatu wan najatu
Wal hana'u war raja'u fi hawak, fi hawak

Hal Arak Hal Arak

Saliman muna''aman
Wa ghaniman mukarraman
Hal Arak Hal Arak
Fi 'ulak Fi 'ulak
Tablughu assimak Tablugha assimak

Mawtini Mawtini

Mawtini Mawtini

Ashababu Lan yakilla
Hammahu an tastaqilla aw yabid aw yabid
Nastaqi min ar rada
Walan nakuna lil'ida kal'abid kal'abid

La Nurid La Nurid

Dhullana al mu'abbada
Wa Aishanal munakkada
La nurid La nurid
bal na'id bal na'id
Majdana-at talid Majdana-at talid

Mawtini Mawtini

Mawtini Mawtini

Al husamu wal yara'u
La lkalamu wan niza'u ramzuna ramzuna
Majduna wa'ahduna
Wawajibun ilal wafa yahuzzuna yahuzzuna

'izzuna 'izzuna

Ghayatun tusharrifu
Warayatun turafrifu
Ya hanak Ya hanak
Fi 'ulak Fi 'ulak
Qahiran 'idaka Qahiran 'idaka

Mawtini Mawtini

credit: http://david.national-anthems.net/iq-txt.htm
but I edited it to fix some things

 

[The Monkey]

i think everybody already knows ours...the first verse of a Revolutionary War poem set to the tune of a freakin' drinking song

Post it anyway. I'm talking to a communist on MSN, so it would be fun to post the american national anthem to tease him.

 

[Steve]

Post it anyway. I'm talking to a communist on MSN, so it would be fun to post the american national anthem to tease him.

okey dokey...

The Star-Spangled Banner

Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

 

[Atomi]

Here goes. It's the national anthem of Finland. Didn't know it had this many, um, chapters or those things with numbers We usually sing only the first one. And maybe the last one.
I really like our anthem.

1.Oi maamme, Suomi, synnyinmaa,
soi, sana kultainen!
Ei laaksoa, ei kukkulaa,
ei vettä rantaa rakkaampaa,
kuin kotimaa tää pohjoinen,
maa kallis isien!



2 On maamme köyhä, siksi jää,
jos kultaa kaivannet
Sen vieras kyllä hylkäjää,
mut meille kallein maa on tää,
sen salot, saaret, manteret,
ne meist on kultaiset.



3 Ovatpa meille rakkahat
koskemme kuohuineen,
ikuisten honkain huminat,
täht'yömme, kesät kirkkahat,
kaikk'kuvineen ja lauluineen
mi painui sydämeen.


4 Täss auroin, miekoin, miettehin
isämme sotivat,
kun päivä piili pilvihin
tai loisti onnen paistehin,
täss Suomen kansan vaikeimmat
he vaivat kokivat.


5 Tään kansan taistelut ken voi
ne kertoella, ken?
Kun sota laaksoissamme soi,
ja halla näläntuskan toi,
ken mittasi sen hurmehen
ja kärsimykset sen?


6 Täss on sen veri virrannut
hyväksi meidänkin,
täss iloaan on nauttinut
ja murheitansa huokaillut
se kansa, jolle muinaisin
kuormamme pantihin.


7 Tääll' olo meill on verraton
ja kaikki suotuisaa,
vaikk onni mikä tulkohon,
maa isänmaa se meillä on.
Mi maailmass on armaampaa
ja mikä kalliimpaa?


8 Ja tässä, täss' on tämä maa,
sen näkee silmämme.
me kättä voimme ojentaa
ja vettä rantaa osoittaa
ja sanoa: kas tuoss' on se,
maa armas isäimme.


9 Jos loistoon meitä saatettais
vaikk' kultapilvihin,
mis itkien ei huoattais,
vaan tärkein riemun sielu sais,
ois tähän köyhäänkotihin
halumme kuitenkin.


10 Totuuden, runon kotimaa
maa tuhatjärvinen
miss' elämämme suojan saa,
sa muistojen, sa toivon maa,
ain ollos, onnes tyytyen,
vapaa ja iloinen.


11 Sun kukoistukses kuorestaan
kerrankin puhkeaa,
viel lempemme saa nousemaan
sun toivos, riemus loistossaan,
ja kerran, laulus synnyinmaa
korkeemman kaiun saa.

 

[hasan]

can we get English translations?

 

[KidRock]

soviet union anthem rocked hard.

 

[Atomi]

I'll try to find one.

Here: Maamme (Our Land)
Looks very lame. The first and last chapter.

Our Land
(translation by Clement Burbank Shaw)

Our land, our land, our fatherland,
Sound loud, O name of worth!
No mount that meets the heaven's band,
No hidden vale, no wavewashed strand,
Is loved, as is our native North,
Our own forefathers' earth.

Thy blossom, in the bud laid low,
Yet ripened shall upspring.
See! From our love once more shall grow
Thy light, thy joy, thy hope, thy glow!
And clearer yet one day shall ring
The song our land shall sing.

 

[The Monkey]

This is the first and second parts of the Swedish anthem, I know, it's a crappy translation(anyone know the word for "värnaste"). Someone care to translate the other parts?

1
You old, you free, You mountain high North
You silent, You happyful beauty
I greet you, ???? land upon earth,
Your sun, your sky, your meadows green.
Your sun, your sky, your meadows green.

2
You keep in memories of ancientgreat days,
when ful of glory your name flew around the earth
I know that you are and you will become what you was
Yes, I want to live I want to die in the North,
Yes, I want to live I want to die in the North,

 

[Foxtrot]

Iraq:
http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Ardulfurataini_Watan

hmm .. I just noticed "Oh company of al-Ba'th, you pride of lions" this is the first time I hear this line .. (we memorized the antheme in school, but I don't remember any refence to the party)

This is the older one:
http://david.national-anthems.net/iq-txt.htm
and an mp3 (not official .. I think this one is sung(sp?) by palestinians)
http://www.syrianstudents.com/Media/music/Mawtini.mp3

ENGLISH TRANSLATION:

My homeland
My homeland
Glory and beauty
Sublimity and prettiness
Are in your hills
Life and deliverance
Pleasure and hope
Are in your atmosphere
Will I see you?
Safe and comfortable
Sound and honored
Will I see you?
In your eminence
Reaching the stars
My homeland
My homeland

The youth will not get tired
Their goal is your independence
Or they die
We will drink from death
But we will not be slaves to our enemies
We do not want
An eternal humiliation
Nor a miserable life
We do not want
But we will return
Our great glory
My homeland
My homeland

The sword and the pen
Are our symbols
Not talking nor quarreling
Our glory and covenant
And a duty to fulfill it
Shake us
Our honor
Is an honorable cause
A raised flag
O, your beauty
In your eminence
Victorious over your enemies
My homeland
My homeland

My god, I didn't know the Iraqis were that crazy. Iraqis are so dumb, they have too much pride.

 

[hasan]

My god, I didn't know the Iraqis were that crazy. Iraqis are so dumb, they have too much pride.

lol, why?
That's the spirit of pretty much all the arabs (and muslims I guess).
the poet is actually not Iraqi, he is palestinian.

 

[Foxtrot]

lol, why?
That's the spirit of pretty much all the arabs (and muslims I guess).
the poet is actually not Iraqi, he is palestinian.

I should have said arabs, they all seem very racist. It is like they won't even consider accepting the help of anyone that isn't arab.

 

[hasan]

lol, and your new sig sucks nie try thu.

anyway, how you people feel when you listen to the antheme .. for me, I get so engaged .. I feel angry :sniper:

 

[The Monkey]

Too much pride? And that's coming from an american?

 

[marksmanHL2 :)]

My god, I didn't know the Iraqis were that crazy. Iraqis are so dumb, they have too much pride.

Erm... yeah. Before someone else says anything I must warn you that you're about to be flamed to hell because people all accross the world think the USA have waaaay too much pride.

Just thought I'd tell you.... doesnt really bother me....



EDIT: started....

 

[hasan]

well, consider that the (ancient) japanese kill themselves if they lose in battle or something.

 

[Foxtrot]

Too much pride? And that's coming from an american?

We will atleast accept help from other countries, nice generalizing you pussy.

 

[Foxtrot]

Erm... yeah. Before someone else says anything I must warn you that you're about to be flamed to hell because people all accross the world think the USA have waaaay too much pride.

Just thought I'd tell you.... doesnt really bother me....



EDIT: started....

I will take it, people think the US has too much pride either because they are jealous of us or they don't pay much attention to the middle east.

 

[hasan]

eh? are americans supposed to have great pride? I thought otherwise.

 

[The Monkey]

Erm... yeah. Before someone else says anything I must warn you that you're about to be flamed to hell because people all accross the world think the USA have waaaay too much pride.

Just thought I'd tell you.... doesnt really bother me....



EDIT: started....

Sorry, I couldn't stop myself. :rolling:

 

[marksmanHL2 :)]

I should have said arabs, they all seem very racist. It is like they won't even consider accepting the help of anyone that isn't arab.

I doubt you have met all that many then...


I have had many muslim/arab friends and wait for it...


shock horror!! They are actually no different to anyone else! :O

 

[Foxtrot]

eh? are americans supposed to have great pride? I thought otherwise.

It is mixed. I know people that hate the US and think it is complete crap and that the government is out to get them, they also want to move to Canada because they think the economy is so much better there and that weed is legal. I know other people that love this country, but they are super patriotic, like that won't denounce everything from another country.

 

[The Monkey]

We will atleast accept help from other countries, nice generalizing you pussy.

That was ment to be a joke, but if you felt attacked, I'm sorry. I know that almost all americans are very nice(I know quite a lot), but you are saying that all arabs are racist and shuts themself in. Isn't that generalizing ?

 

[Foxtrot]

I doubt you have met all that many then...


I have had many muslim/arab friends and wait for it...


shock horror!! They are actually no different to anyone else! :O

I have some arab friends too(one is really, really, really gay) and they mostly distrust the US and think there are all sorts of conpsiracies. But they aren't as bad as the radicals in the middle east(atleast that is the impression I get).

 

[Foxtrot]

That was ment to be a joke, but if you felt attacked, I'm sorry. I know that almost all americans are very nice(I know quite a lot), but you are saying that all arabs are racist and shuts themself in. Isn't that generalizing ?

Didn't mean to say all, just meant the ones that do.

 

[hasan]

eh well, it IS true that Arabs have so much pride. dude, for us, dignity is above life.
I don't feel bad when somebody tells me we have so much pride.

 

[Foxtrot]

eh well, it IS true that Arabs have so much pride. dude, for us, dignity is above life.
I don't feel bad when somebody tells me we have so much pride.

Well, I will feel bad for you then. I just don't understand why the Iraqi resistance fighters are still around. My only guess would be is that they were brainwashed by Saddam inot hating Americans. That or they distrust any occupying army, no matter what the reason is.

 

[marksmanHL2 :)]

I will take it, people think the US has too much pride either because they are jealous of us or they don't pay much attention to the middle east.

Most people say that the US has too much pride because:

1. They are jealous.... its true.

2. They are right....



Heh... Now I dont care remember...but I do believe that a large part of the US is waaaaay too patriotic for its own good.


Its rediculous when you compare it to the UK. I mean I don't know one person I could rely upon to recite our national anthem... We have to pledge.... hell I bet people couldnt even draw our flag right......

We hate our government. Yes... all people from the UK hate the government. (I like to think it keeps them on their toes actually..)

We don't trust the government...



Compare that to America where it seems at times to be the complete oposite...


Oh and you tend to find that weaker countries are more patriotic. Probably encouraged by their governments actually... Well yeah... the USA is an exception and therefore stands out more.



Well thats what I think anyway. I'll take any of it back if you prove otherwise. I would love to know what people think....



/thread hijack!

 

[Foxtrot]

Most people say that the US has too much pride because:

1. They are jealous.... its true.

2. They are right....



Heh... Now I dont care remember...but I do believe that a large part of the US is waaaaay too patriotic for its own good.


Its rediculous when you compare it to the UK. I mean I don't know one person I could rely upon to recite our national anthem... We have to pledge.... hell I bet people couldnt even draw our flag right......

We hate our government. Yes... all people from the UK hate the government. (I like to think it keeps them on their toes actually..)

We don't trust the government...



Compare that to America where it seems at times to be the complete oposite...


Oh and you tend to find that weaker countries are more patriotic. Probably encouraged by their governments actually... Well yeah... the USA is an exception and therefore stands out more.



Well thats what I think anyway. I'll take any of it back if you prove otherwise. I would love to know what people think....



/thread hijack!

It is different in Minnesota I guess, not much pride up here. People know the pledge because we say it in school every Wednesday(schools attempt at trying to be patriotic...looks good for the administration I guess). No one really knows our whole anthem either, unless they are a big sports fan. There are a lot of people that don't trust out government...just because they are the government, but I hear most of them are in the South, even though I know a lot of people who won't trust anything related to the government.

 

[marksmanHL2 :)]

It is different in Minnesota I guess, not much pride up here. People know the pledge because we say it in school every Wednesday(schools attempt at trying to be patriotic...looks good for the administration I guess). No one really knows our whole anthem either, unless they are a big sports fan. There are a lot of people that don't trust out government...just because they are the government, but I hear most of them are in the South, even though I know a lot of people who won't trust anything related to the government.

Well there you have it. Everything said in this thread is based upon steriotypes isnt it Just as it allways is....


I mean.. many people here see Americans as being highly conservative proud and uneducated.

Which I know is obviously a Steriotype!






Btw.... I hate steriotypes... They make so many people so hatefull.