Lesotho Fatse La Bontata Rona

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Lesōthō fatše la bo ntat'a rōna is the national anthem of the Kingdom of Lesotho . The text was written in Sesotho in the 1860s by François Coillard , a French missionary from the Société des missions évangéliques de Paris who lived with the Basotho . The melody was published in 1820 in a song book by the Baden-Swiss composer Ferdinand Samuel Laur in two parts for school practice purposes; Coillard had found the melody in a songbook. The L'amour de la patrie listed there was called Freiheit in the German version and was the setting of a text by Friedrich Schlegel . The popular song had been reprinted over and over for years.

The piece became the national anthem in 1967 - shortly after Lesotho gained independence. However, three stanzas were omitted because Coillard wanted to dissuade the Basotho from traditional customs.

text

Lesōthō fatše la bo ntat'a rōna;
Ha ra mafatše le letle ke lona;
Ke moo re hlahileng,
ke moo re hōlileng,
Rea lerata,

Mōlimō ak'u bōlōke Lesōthō;
U felise lintoa le matšoenyeho;
Oho fatše lena;
La bo ntata rōna;
Le be le khotso.

German translation

Lesotho, land of our fathers,
You are the most beautiful of all countries.
We were born
and raised in
you - you are dear to us.

God
save Lesotho spare us from war and hardship -
Oh you, our country,
country of our fathers,
May you remain in peace.

See also

literature

  • Albert Brutsch: From Work Song to National Anthem. In: Lesotho. Notes and Records 9 (1970/1971), pp. 5-12.
  • Matthias Schmidt , Andreas Baumgartner (ed.): «Our country»? / "Our Land"? How a melody from Switzerland became the national anthem of Lesotho. Christoph Merian Verlag , Basel 2018, ISBN 978-3-85616-874-2 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Manuela Nyffenegger: Swiss melody becomes Lesotho's national anthem. nzz.ch of November 28, 2018, accessed on December 12, 2018
  2. ↑ Simon Bordier: The Triumph of Major and Minor , Tages-Anzeiger, October 26, 2018, page 31
  3. ↑ nationalanthems.info , accessed on January 14, 2013