God zij met ons Suriname
English: God be with our Suriname | |
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National anthem of ![]() | |
Also known as | Opo kondreman(English: Rise, countrymen) |
Lyrics | Cornelis Atses Hoekstra (1893) andHenry de Ziel(1959) |
Music | Johannes Corstianus de Puy, 1876 |
Adopted | 1959 |
Audio sample | |
U.S. Navy Bandinstrumental version (one verse) |
"God zij met ons Suriname"(Dutch pronunciation:[ˌɣɔtˈsɛimɛtɔnsˌsyːriˈnaːmə];"God be with our Suriname" ), or "Opo kondreman"(" Rise, countrymen "inSranan Tongo), is thenational anthemofSuriname.It has twoverses:the first inDutchand the second inSranan Tongo.
History[edit]
The original version of the anthem was written by Cornelis Atses Hoekstra in 1893 and based on a 1876 melody by Johannes Corstianus de Puy. It was written to replace the old anthem "Wien Neêrlands Bloed".The anthem did not have an official status. In 1959, the Government of Suriname appointed Surinamese writerHenri Frans de Zielto add a stanza about the unity of the country to Hoekstra's anthem.[1]De Ziel was concerned about the negative nuance in the original and started to transform the anthem into a positive message. He combined this with a poem he wrote in Sranan Tongo on the death of Ronald Elwin Kappel. His anthem was unanimously approved by the Government of Suriname on 7 December 1959.[2]De Ziel originally used a melody by Surinamese composerJohannes Helstone,however the government preferred the original 1876 melody.[2]
Lyrics[edit]
Dutchverse[3][4] | IPAtranscription[a] | English translation | |
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God zij met ons Suriname |
[ɣɔt‿sɛi mɛt ɔns ˌsy.ri.ˈnaː.mə] |
God be with our Suriname |
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Sranan Tongoverse[3][4][5] | IPA transcription[b] | English translation | Dutch translation |
Opo, kondreman un' opo! |
[o.po koŋ.dɾe.maŋ uŋ o.po] |
Rise countrymen, rise! |
Sta op, landgenoten, sta op! |
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ^Michiel van Kempen(2002)."Een geschiedenis van de Surinaamse literatuur. Deel 3".Digital Library for Dutch Literature(in Dutch).Retrieved7 September2020.
- ^ab"Trefossa en het volkslied van Suriname".Star Nieuws(in Dutch).Retrieved7 September2020.
- ^ab"Historiana: Case Study: Caribbean immigrants in the 1950, an example".historiana.eu.Archived fromthe originalon 2022-11-23.Retrieved2022-03-17.
- ^abSuriname."Suriname - Paramaribo".www.suriname.nu(in Dutch).Retrieved2022-03-17.
- ^Arends, Jacques (2017-07-26).Language and Slavery: A social and linguistic history of the Suriname creoles.John Benjamins Publishing Company. p. 305.ISBN978-90-272-6580-7.
External links[edit]
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