Lupang Hinirang

Lupang Hinirang is the national anthem of the Philippines. It started out as an instrumental march commissioned by then Philippine President, Emilio Aguinaldo, to Julian Felipe, for use in the proclamation of Philippine independence on June 12, 1898, replacing a march written by a Filipino in Hong Kong, of which Aguinaldo was not satisfied with. The title of the new march was the Marcha Filipina Magdalo. Later the title was changed to the Marcha Nacional Filipina upon its adoptation as the national march on June 11, 1898, a day before the date of Philippine independence. Then, in August 1899, a young poet-soldier named Jose Palma wrote the poem Filipinas in Spanish. It became the lyrics of the national hymn.

During the 1920s, with the repeal of the Flag Law, which banned the use of all Filipino national symbols, the American colonial government decided to translate the national hymn from Spanish to English. The first translation was written around that time by Paz Marquez Benitez of the University of the Philippines. The most popular translation, called the "Philippine Hymn", was written by Senator Camilo Osias and an American, Mary A. Lane. The "Philippine Hymn" was legalized by an act of the Philippine Congress in 1938.

Tagalog translations started appearing during the 1940s, the most popular being "O Sintang Lupa" by Julian Cruz Balmaceda, Ildefonso Santos, and Francisco Caballo. "O Sintang Lupa" was approved as the national anthem in 1948. Finally, during the term of President Ramon Magsaysay, Education Secretary Gregorio Hernandez formed a commission to revise the Tagalog words. On May 26, 1956, the National Anthem, Lupang Hinirang, was finally sung in Filipino. Minor revisions were made in 1962, and it is this final version which is in use today. The Filipino words have been confirmed by a new national symbols law in 1998, but the English and Spanish words have not.

Lyrics

Lupang Hinirang means "Beloved Land," or, more literally, "Chosen Land." The following are different versions of the national anthem: Filipino/Tagalog, Cebuano, English, and Spanish, along with the names of the authors or translators.

Filipino/Tagalog: Lupang Hinirang

Translated into Tagalog by Julian Cruz Balmaceda, Ildefonso Santos, and Francisco Caballo; finalized translation of 1962

Bayang magiliw
Perlas ng Silanganan,
Alab ng puso,
Sa dibdib mo'y buhay.

Lupang Hinirang,
Duyan ka ng magiting,
Sa manlulupig,
Di ka pasisiil.

Sa dagat at bundok,
Sa simoy at sa langit mong bughaw,
May dilag ang tula
At awit sa paglayang minamahal.

Ang kislap ng watawat mo'y
Tagumpay na nagniningning,
Ang bituin at araw niya
Kailan pa ma'y di magdidilim.

Lupa ng araw, ng luwalhati't pagsinta,
Buhay ay langit sa piling mo;
Aming ligaya, na pag may mang-aapi
Ang mamatay nang dahil sa iyo.

Cebuano: Nasudnong Awit

Translated into Cebuano by Jess Vestil

Yutang tabunon
Mutya nga masilakon,
Putling bahandi,
Amo kang gimahal.

Mithing gisimba,
Yuta's mga bayani,
Sa manlulupig,
Pagadapigan ka.

Ang mga buntod mo,
Ug lapyahan sa langit mong bughaw,
Nagahulad sa awit, lamdag sa
Kaliwat tang gawas.

Silaw sa adlaw ug bituon
Sa nasudnong bandila,
Nagatima-an nga buhion ta
Ang atong pagka-usa.

Yutang maanyag, duyan ka sa pagmahal,
Landong sa langit ang dughan mo;
Pakatam-ison namo nga nagatukaw
Kon mamatay man sa ngalan mo.

English: Land of the Morning

by Senator Camilo Osias and Mary A. Lane; made official by an act of the Philippine Congress in 1938

Land of the morning,
Child of the sun returning,
With fervor burning,
Thee do our souls adore.

Land dear and holy,
Cradle of noble heroes,
Ne'er shall invaders,
Trample thy sacred shore.

Even within thy skies and through thy clouds,
And o'er thy hills and sea.
Do we behold the radiance,
Feel the throb of glorious liberty.

Thy banner, dear to all our hearts,
Its sun and stars alight.
O, never shall its shining field,
Be dimmed by tyrant's might!

Beautiful land of love, O land of light,
In thine embrace 'tis rapture to lie.
But it is glory ever, when thou art wronged,
For us, thy sons, to suffer and die.

Spanish: Filipinas

by Jose Palma; became official in 1899

Tierra adorada
Hija del sol de Oriente,
Su fuego ardiente en ti latiendo está.

¡Patria de amores!
Del heroismo cuna,
Los invasores
No te hollarán jamás.

En tu azul cielo, en tus auras,
En tus montes y en tu mar
Esplende y late el poema
De tu amada libertad.

Tu pabellón, que en las lides
La victoria iluminó,
No verá nunca apagados
Sus estrellas y su sol.

Tierra de dichas, del sol y de amores,
En tu regazo dulce es vivir.
Es una gloria para tus hijos,
Cuando te ofenden, por ti morir.

External links

• Download Lupang Hinirang (http://www.philippine-embassy.de/philiX.mp3)
• A history of Lupang Hinirang which includes an MP3 file link (http://www.nhi.gov.ph/mhd/anthem.htm)

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