The State Anthem of the Republic of Karelia was approved by law on 6 April 1993. The music of the anthem was composed by and in most parts follows the melody of the Finnish traditional song "Karjalan kunnailla". The Russian lyrics were written by and , whilst the Finnish lyrics were written by Mishin alone, and the Karelian lyrics by Alexander Volkov. Since December 2001, the Russian lyrics are the official ones.
Authors
The translation of the anthem into Finnish was done by poet Armas Mishin.
The anthem was officially performed in Finnish once in 1993, at the Musical Theatre of the Republic of Karelia, immediately after the approval of the first edition of the law "On the text of the national anthem" by the Supreme Council of the Republic of Karelia.
The text of the anthem of the Republic of Karelia was translated into the Livvi dialect of the Karelian language by Karelian poet Alexander Volkov.
Lyrics
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|<poem>I
O, land of Karelia!
O, country ancient and wise,
One family of brother-nations,
Karelia!
Ring, O lakes! And sing, O taiga!
Thou art to me dear, O native land.
High on thy mountains I stand
And a song to thy glory I chant.
II
O, land of Karelia!
Forever by fate thou art given to me.
Through centuries live long, my country,
Karelia!
Heroes of epics forests and peaks amidst
Still live on our land to this day.
Sing on, O song! Kantele, sing louder yet
In name of Karelian land holy.
III
O, land of Karelia!
Runes and epic fables are alive.
I see thy radiant dawn,
Karelia!
I see thy effulgent dawn,
Karelia!</poem>
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See also
- Anthem of the Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic
References
External links
- An introduction from government page.
- Russian vocal version from government page and Andrew Heninen's site.
- Russian lyrics.
- Finnish lyrics.
- translated English lyrics.