Music Afonso de Araujo, 1975 | Adopted 2002 | |
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Lyrics Francisco Borja da Costa, 1975 | ||
"Pátria" ("Fatherland") is the national anthem of East Timor. It was first used when East Timor unilaterally declared its independence from Portugal in 1975, moments before the Indonesian invasion. It was officially adopted as the national anthem when independence of East Timor was restored in 2002. It is the only national anthem in Southeast Asia not sung in indigenous Southeast Asian language but in Portuguese, a European language and also the co-official language of the country.
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The music was composed by Afonso de Araujo, and the words were written by the poet Francisco Borja da Costa, who was killed on the day of the invasion. It was originally sung exclusively in Portuguese, however, there is now a Tetum version
History
It was composed in 1975 and first used on 28 December of the same year, when East Timor declared itself unilaterally independent of Portugal . The country was invaded by Indonesia on December 7 of 1976 and Francisco Borja da Costa was killed on the same day. It was declared a national anthem on independence day in Indonesia (May 20, 2002).
The letter was only in Portuguese, but now there is a version in Tetum, the national language and co-official in the country.
Legislastion
The infraconstitutional officialization and the forms of ceremony of uses of the anthem are regulated by the Law of the National Symbols of Timor-Leste.
In Portuguese
Pátria, Pátria, Timor-Leste, nossa Nação.
Glória ao povo e aos heróis da nossa libertação.
Pátria, Pátria, Timor-Leste, nossa Nação.
Glória ao povo e aos heróis da nossa libertação.
Vencemos o colonialismo, gritamos:
Abaixo o imperialismo.
Terra livre, povo livre,
Não, não, não à exploração.
Avante unidos firmes e decididos.
Na luta contra o imperialismo
O inimigo dos povos, até à vitória final.
Pelo caminho da revolução.
In Tetum
Pátria, Pátria, Timór-Leste, ita-nia Nasaun.
Glória ba Povu no ba ita-nia eróis libertasaun nasionál.
Pátria, Pátria, Timór-Leste, ita-nia Nasaun.
Glória ba Povu no ba ita-nia eróis libertasaun nasionál.
Ita manán hasoru kolonializmu, ita hakilar:
Hatuun imperializmu.
Rai livre, Povu livre,
Lae,lae, lae ba esplorasaun.
Bá oin hamutuk, laran-metin no barani.
Halo funu hasoru imperializmu
Inimigu Povu hotu-hotu nian, to’o vitória finál
Liu dalan revolusaun.