Aruba Dushi Tera
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"{{#invoke:Lang|lang}}" ("Aruba Sweet Land", or "Aruba Lovely Country") is the national anthem of Aruba. It is a waltz written by Juan Chabaya Lampe and composed by Rufo Wever. The last verse was written by Template:Interlanguage link. It was accepted as the Aruban national anthem on 18 March 1976.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It is written in Papiamento.
History
On 16 January 1976, the Executive Council of Aruba appointed an advisory committee with the assignment to come up with an anthem that took into account "Aruba dushi tera". The song was already very popular among the population and dated from the early 1950s. The committee included Rufo Wever (chairman), Eddy Bennett, Maybeline Arends-Croes and Hubert (Lio) Booi.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The committee advised not to alter the melody of the "old" "Aruba dushi tera" into a march but to increase the number of verses.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The third verse was written by Template:Interlanguage link.
Lyrics
| Papiamento<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | IPA transcriptionTemplate:Efn | English translation | Spanish translation | Portuguese translation | Dutch translation |
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our venerated cradle you may be small and simple but yet you are respected. Template:Small Oh Aruba sweet land our boulder so beloved our love for you is so strong 𝄆 that nothing can destroy it. 𝄇 Your beaches so much admired with palm trees all adorned your coat of arms and flag are a pride to us all! The greatness of your people is their grand cordiality that God will guide and conserve their love for liberty! Template:Small</poem> |
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