South Africa National Anthem English lyrics
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- Опубліковано 10 тра 2010
- Since 1997, the South African national anthem has been a hybrid song combining new English lyrics with extracts of the hymn "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" and the former anthem "Die Stem van Suid-Afrika" (The Call of South Africa). It is the only neo-modal national anthem in the world, by virtue of being the only one that does not finish in the home key. The lyrics employ the five most widely spoken of South Africa's eleven official languages - Xhosa (first stanza, first two lines), Zulu (first stanza, last two lines), Sesotho (second stanza), Afrikaans (third stanza) and English (final stanza).
Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika was composed in 1897 by Enoch Sontonga, a Methodist school teacher. It was originally sung as a church hymn but later became an act of political defiance against the apartheid government. Die Stem van Suid-Afrika is a poem written by C.J. Langenhoven in 1918 and was set to music by the Reverend Marthinus Lourens de Villiers in 1921[1]. Die Stem was the co-national anthem[2] with God Save the King/Queen from 1936 to 1957, when it became the sole national anthem until 1995. The South African government under Nelson Mandela adopted both songs as national anthems from 1995 until they were merged in 1997 to form the current anthem.
Lyrics:
(Xhosa) Nkosi sikelel' iAfrika
Maluphakanyisw' uphondo lwayo,
(Zulu) Yizwa imithandazo yethu,
Nkosi sikelela, thina lusapho lwayo.
English Translation:
God [Lord] bless Africa
Raise high Her glory
Hear our Prayers
God bless us, we her children
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The fact that they managed to interchange languages without ruining the rhythm is really impressive!
I'm not a South African but I love the South African National Anthem, it's beautiful, I like how it's mixed with those other lovely languages, nice words, too emotional!!
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R.I.P. Nelson Mandela. The national anthem was first played in South African public in 1997.
Excellent anthem. Excellent country. Greetings from Russia.
South Africa the defenders of justice. The world will never forget what you did for Palestine. May Allah grant all your people jannah and raise your ranks
I'm Germany and I think this is special
Today heard South Africa Anthem after coming across the fact that it's consists of 5 languages starting with Xhosa, Zulu,Sesotho, Afrikaans and ends in English....Nicely composed and written anthem.....respect from India❤❤❤❤❤
PROUD TO BE A SOUTH AFRICAN
Beautiful anthem. Brings tears to my eyes!! God bless my beautiful ancestral homeland of Afraka. Greetings from 🇺🇸!!
How many languages do you want in your anthem
Never heard such a beautiful entham! and the fact that its in many different languages just makes it even more special. Congrats on the bautiful entham.
A beautiful anthem, and a beautiful country! I like South Africa which is i think one of the most beautiful country that this Earth carries! Take care of you
My fav National Anthem ❤️
Stay strong South Africa. Hopefully someday all of Africa will be like you. From the USA
Greetings from Nigeria 🇳🇬
Amazing anthem South Africa! It perfectly shows Mandela's enlightened view of not simply replacing white dictatorship with black dictatorship but creating a country where all the cultures are encouraged to live together in peace. I found each section of that anthem beautiful, but probably the first verse the most 😊 Best wishes from Britain! 🇬🇧
My eyes were totally filled with tears after this anthem. Such a heart touching one. Nkosi Sikelei Suid Afrika. Amen.
This is hands down the best anthem, ever, in all of history, all of time. No other anthem, NO OTHER ANTHEM incorporates so many languages as part of the actual anthem itself. It really is a testament to unity. This is great.