March Forward, Dear Mother Ethiopia
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"March Forward, Dear Mother Ethiopia" (Template:Langx<ref name="Ethanth">Template:Cite book</ref>), also known by its incipit as "Honour of Citizenship" (Template:Langx), is the national anthem of Ethiopia.
History
The lyrics were written by Dereje Melaku Mengesha, and the music was composed by Solomon Lulu Mitiku. The song was adopted in 1992, as part of reforms that followed the collapse of the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Lyrics
| Amharic original (Ge'ez script)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Transliteration<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | IPA transcriptionTemplate:Efn | Oromo translation | Tigrinya translation | English translation<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
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| <poem>Template:Lang</poem> | <poem>Template:Transliteration</poem> | <poem>Template:IPA</poem> | <poem>Tabaroon lammummaa Itoophiyaa teenyatti jabaatee;
Ummattummaan daangaa hamma daangaatti ifee muldhatee. Nagaadhaaf, haqaaf, bilisummaa ummatootaaf, Walqixxummaafi jaalalaan dhaabbanneerra tokkummaaf. Hunde- jabeessa namummaa hinmulqine; Uummattoota hojiif hojiidhaan jiraanne. Waltajjii aadaa maalalchiistuu warra hambaa buleeyyii, Ayyaana uumamaa, harmee ummata jajjabeeyyii. Isin ni eegna – irbuu qabna; Itoophiyaa teenya nuuf le'i nus siin boonna!</poem> |
<poem>ምኽባር ዜግነት ኣብ ኢትዮጵያና ሓያል እዩ፤
ሃገራዊ ኩርዓት ካብ ሓደ ወገን ናብ ካልእ ወገን እናበርሀ ይረአ። ምእንቲ ሰላም፡ ምእንቲ ፍትሒ፡ ምእንቲ ናጽነት ህዝብታት፡ ኣብ ማዕርነትን ብፍቕርን ሓድነትና ደው ንብል። ጽኑዕ መሰረት፡ ሰብኣውነት ኣይንነጽጎን ኢና፤ ብስራሕ እንነብር ሰባት ኢና። ግርም እዩ መድረኽ ትውፊት፣ ወነንቲ ዘኹርዕ ቅርሲ፣ ተፈጥሮኣዊ ጸጋ ኣደ ጅግና ህዝቢ። ክንከላኸለኩም ኢና - ግዴታ ኣለና፤ ኢትዮጵያና ንበር! ብኣኻ ድማ ንሕበን!</poem> |
<poem>Respect for citizenship is strong in our Ethiopia;
National pride is seen, shining from one side to another. For peace, for justice, for the freedom of peoples, In equality and in love we stand united. Firm of foundation, we do not dismiss humanness; We are people who live through work. Wonderful is the stage of tradition, owners of a proud heritage, Natural grace, mother of a valorous people. We shall protect you – we have a duty; Our Ethiopia, live! And let us be proud of you!</poem> |
See also
- "Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Ethiopia be first", the national anthem from 1975 to 1992
Notes
References
External links
- Ethiopia: Wodefit Gesgeshi, Widd Innat Ityopp'ya - Audio of the national anthem of Ethiopia, with information and lyrics (archive link)