Mu isamaa, mu õnn ja rõõm

Isamaa Mu, mu onn ja Room ( My Fatherland, My Happiness and my joy ) is the Estonian national anthem.

History

Authors

The melody of the hymn was originally in 1848 by the übergesiedelten to Finland Hamburg composer Friedrich Pacius ( 1809-1891 ) to the text of Vårt country from Johan Ludvig Runeberg wrote steel ensign. The same tune was as Maamme 1917, the Finnish national anthem.

The Estonian text of the anthem penned Johann Voldemar Jannsen. In combination with Pacius ' melody, the song was sung in 1869 on the big Estonian Song Festival, which had a central importance for the Estonian national awakening consciousness. With independence in 1920 Mu isamaa national anthem.

At the time of the Singing Revolution

In the Soviet Union the singing of the anthem was forbidden; as the Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE, whose radio and television programs were received everywhere in Estonia, the melody played every day for Sendeschluss, she remained a presence in the public consciousness. During the Singing Revolution in Estonia, the song was often sung again. At a demonstration at the Tallinn Song Festival Grounds 1988 300,000 Estonians and Estonians sang their forbidden anthem, surrounded by Soviet tanks.

With the independence of the country, it was official national anthem again.

Text

Isamaa Mu, mu onn ja room, kui kaunis oled sa! Ei leia mina iial teal see suure, laia ilma peal, mis mul nii armas Oleks ka, kui sa mu isamaa! Sa oled mind ju sünnitand yes ülés kasvatand; are tänan mina alati yes jään sull ' truuiks Surmani, mul kõige armsam oled sa, mu kallis isamaa! Su üle JUMAL valvaku, mu armas isamaa! Ta olgu sinu kaitseja yes võtku rohkest õnnista, mis iial ette võtad sa, mu kallis isamaa!

Translation

My Fatherland, My Happiness and Joy, how beautiful you are! I find nothing on this big wide world, what would be so dear to me also, like you, my country! You gave me birth and reared; I thank you always and stay faithful to you until death, me You're the dearest, my dear fatherland! About you wake God, my dear homeland! He is your Protector and may richly bless what you always had plenty, my dear fatherland!