List of national anthems

A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that is evoking and eulogizing the history, traditions and struggles of its people, recognized either by a nation's government as the official national song, or by convention through use by the people.

Arranged alphabetically by author or source:
A · B · C · D · E · F · G · H · I · J · K · L · M · N · O · P · Q · R · S · T · U · V · W · X · Y · Z · See also · External links

Lyrics

A

• In joyful strains then let us sing,
  "Advance Australia fair!"
  • Advance Australia Fair (Australia, lyric by Peter Dodds McCormick)

C

• O Canada! Our home and native land!
  • O Canada (Canada, English lyric by Robert Stanley Weir)

• Millions of but one heart,
  Braving the enemies' fire!
  March on!
  • Original Simplified Chinese:
    我们万众一心，
    冒着敌人的炮火，
    前进！
  • March of the Volunteers (People's Republic of China, lyrics by Tian Han, music by Nie Er, now official in the People's Republic of China (Mainland China)

D

• Its hills and valleys gently fall,
  its name is ancient Denmark,
  And it is Freya's hall.
  • Original Danish:
    Det bugter sig i bakke, dal,
    det hedder gamle Danmark
    og det er Frejas sal.
  • Der er et yndigt land (Denmark, lyric by Adam Oehlenschläger)

F

• To arms, citizens!
  Form your battalions!
  • Original French:
    Aux armes, citoyens !
    Formez vos bataillons !
  • La Marseillaise (France, lyric by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle)

G

• Unity and justice and freedom
  For the German fatherland!
  • Original German:
    Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit
    Für das deutsche Vaterland!
  • Deutschlandlied (Germany, lyric by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben)

I

• Upwards on the horizon rises the Eastern Sun,

The light in the eyes of the believers in truth,

Bahman is the zenith of our faith.

Your message, O Imam, of independence, freedom, is imprinted on our souls.

O Martyrs! Your clamors echo in the ears of time.

Enduring, continuing, and eternal.

• • The Islamic Republic of Iran

• Our hope is not yet lost,
  The hope two thousand years old.
  • Original Hebrew:
    ,עוֹד לֹא אָבְדָה תִּקְוָתֵנוּ‬
    ‬ הַתִּקְוָה בַּת שְׁנוֹת אַלְפַּיִם‬‬
  • Hatikvah (Israel, lyric by Naftali Herz Imber)

• Brothers of Italy, Italy has woken.
  • Original Italian:
    Fratelli d'Italia,
    l'Italia s'è desta.
  • Il Canto degli Italiani (Italy, lyric by Goffredo Mameli)

J

• May your reign
  Continue for a thousand, eight thousand generations.
  • Original Japanese:
    君が代は
    千代に八千代に.
  • Kimigayo (Japan, unknown authorship)

K

• Great Koreans, to the Great Korean way, always stay true.
  • Original Korean:
    대한 사람, 대한으로 길이 보전하세.
  • Aegukga (South Korea, lyrics in 1896 probably by Yun Chi-ho or Ahn Changho, music by Ahn Eak-tai in 1936

N

• Make her praises heard afar,
  God defend New Zealand.
  • God Defend New Zealand (New Zealand, lyric by Thomas Bracken)

• Yes, we love this country, as it rises forth.
  • Original Norwegian:
    Ja, vi elsker dette landet,
    som det stiger frem.
  • Ja, vi elsker dette landet (Norway, lyric by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson)

P

• Oh Fatherland, one feels the voice
  Of your distinguished forefathers,
  That shall lead you to victory!
  • Original Portuguese:
    Ó Pátria, sente-se a voz
    Dos teus egrégios avós,
    Que há-de guiar-te à vitória!
  • A Portuguesa (Portugal, lyric by Henrique Lopes de Mendonça)

R

• Russia – our sacred state,
  Russia – our beloved country.
  • Original Russian:
    Россия – священная наша держава,
    Россия – любимая наша страна.
  • State Anthem of the Russian Federation (Russia, lyric by Sergey Mikhalkov)

S

• Let our voices soar as one
  Onward Singapore
  Onward Singapore
  • Original Malay:
    Semua kita berseru
    Majulah Singapura
    Majulah Singapura
  • Majulah Singapura (Singapore, lyric by Encik Zubir Said) (This is from the official English translation.[1])

• Sounds the call to come together,
  And united we shall stand,
  Let us live and strive for freedom
  In South Africa our land!
  • National Anthem of South Africa (South Africa, English lyric written collectively)

• You ancient, you free, you mountainous north.
  • Original Swedish:
    Du gamla, du fria, du fjällhöga Nord.
  • Du gamla, du fria (Sweden, lyric by Richard Dybeck)

T

• San Min Chu-i,
  Our aim shall be: [......]
  • Original traditional Chinese:
    三民主義，
    吾黨所宗，[......]
  • National Anthem of the Republic of China (Republic of China, lyric by Sun Yat-sen, now official in the Republic of China (Taiwan))

U

• Long to reign over us:
  God save the King!
  • God Save the King (United Kingdom, unknown authorship)

• O! 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 watch'd, were so gallantly streaming?
And the Rockets' red glare, the Bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our Flag was still there.
⁠O! say does that star-spangled Banner yet wave,
⁠O'er the Land of the free and the home of the brave?

• • The Star-Spangled Banner (United States, lyric by Francis Scott Key)

Misattributed

• We're all brothers and sisters.
  All lives matter to the great.
  • Major League Baseball 2016 All-Star Game controversy as public alteration of "O Canada" lyric by Robert Stanley Weir
  • Official lyric:
    With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
    The True North strong and free!

See also

• National anthem

External links

• Encyclopedic article on National anthem on Wikipedia
• Media related to National anthem on Wikimedia Commons