Marshall Islands National Anthem
Forever Marshall Islands
1991
1991
Amata Kabua
Amata Kabua
✝ God / Faith ❤ Love of homeland 🌿 Nature 🌅 Hope |
Key Facts
- 1. The anthem is sung in Marshallese, an Austronesian language of the Micronesian branch.
- 2. A South Korean newspaper reported in 1992 that the tune was written by the Korean composer Gil Ok-yun: Kabua had received four candidate melodies in August 1991, chose one and set his own words to it.
- 3. In the English version published by the Marshall Islands embassy, the opening lines picture the islands lying 'like a wreath of flowers upon the sea'.
- 4. It replaced an earlier anthem, 'Ij Io̧kwe Ļo̧k Aelōn̄ Eo Aō', a well-respected local folk song that the Marshallese chose when they became self-governing in 1979.
Marshall Islands National Anthem Lyrics
Aelōn̄ eo ao ion lometo;
Einwot wut ko lōti ion dren elae;
Kin meram in Mekar jen ijo ilan̄;
Erreo an romak ioir kin meram in mour;
Eltan pein Anij eweleo im wōj;
Kejolit kij kin ijin jikir emol;
Ijjamin Ilok jen in aō lemoran;
Anij an ro jemem wonakke im kejrammon Aelin̄ kein ad.
Translations are non-official and intended to convey meaning, not replace originals
Analysis
EditorialThe government of the Marshall Islands credits both words and music to Amata Kabua, the first president of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. The anthem was adopted in 1991, the year the country joined the United Nations. The Marshall Islands had been administered by the United States as part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; the United States recognized its independence in 1986, when the Compact of Free Association between the two countries came into force.
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- Forever Marshall Islands . Wikipedia
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