Nuna asiilasooq

Nuna asiilasooq
Title in German	Long country
country	Greenland
Usage period	since 1979
text	Jonathan Petersen
melody	Jonathan Petersen

Nuna asiilasooq is one of the two national anthems of Greenland . Both the text and the melody were created in 1920 by Jonathan Petersen , who had previously written the hymn Nunarput utoqqarsuanngoravit . While Nunarput utoqqarsuanngoravit is the official national anthem, Nuna asiilasooq is the Kalaallit anthem . It has been recognized since 1979.

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Original text

translation

Nuna asiilasooq Kalaallit nunagaarput /: tamarmi qaqqartooq.:/: Kangerluppassuit sinaa nunassaqqissisippaat, tamaat sineriaa qeqertat saangerpaat. Nuannersoqaqaaq angallavigigaanni /: tamaat sineriak: /: avannamut kujammullu inunnik naapitsiffik nunaqarfinnillu uningavissalik. Qaqqaasa saavini kangerluillu paani /: unipput inuii. : /: Imartik pissaqarfigaat atorluakkaminnik. Kalaallimmi pigaat soraajuerlutik.

Long Land This is what the Greenlanders have as their land /: All of it is full of mountains: /: The many fjords on the edge make it well suited as a land, like the islands off its entire coast . It is so very beautiful that it was used as a hunting ground /: The whole coast: /: In the north up and south down a meeting point for people and wherever there is land, it is the place intended to stay. At the feet of its mountains and mouths of its fjords /: its inhabitants meet. : /: You have his sea as the place of what is intended for you, with which you deal so well. It belongs to the Greenlanders forever .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Greenland at nationalanthems.info , accessed January 15, 2016.
2. ↑ Text and sheet music from lynaeskirkekor.dk , accessed on January 15, 2016.