Nuna asiilasooq

"Nuna asiilasooq" ("The Land of Great Length", Danish: Landet af Stor Længde) is a Greenlandic song used as an ethnic anthem by the self-governing Kalaallit Inuit people of Greenland.

Nuna asiilasooq

Ethnic anthem of the Kalaallit Inuit
Co-regional anthem of  Greenland
LyricsJonathan Petersen
MusicJonathan Petersen
Adopted1979 (1979)

"Nuna asiilasooq" was officially recognised by the government in 1979. Both lyrics and melody were composed by Jonathan Petersen, who wrote the musical score for Greenland's 1916-adopted regional anthem, "Nunarput utoqqarsuanngoravit."[1]

Greenlandic text

Nuna asiilasooq
Kalaallit nunagaarput
tamarmi qaqqartoo
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!

Danish text

Land med fedtlængde,
Det er hvad Kalaallit har som land,
blandt hele bjerge,
De mange fjorde ved kysten,
velegnet som land,
og kysten er plettet
med øer.
Det er så smukt
at have som jagtmark
hele kysten.
Op nord og sydpå,
der er et mødested for mennesker
og hvor end du har jord
der er et sted at bo.
Ved fødderne af hendes bjerge
og munden på hendes fjorde
hendes indbyggere møder hinanden.
Havet er deres domæne
som de behandler så godt
Det tilhører Kalaallit
for evigt og altid!

English

Land of greath length,
That's what the Kalaallit have as a country,
among entire mountains,
The many fjords on the coast,
well suited as a country,
and the coast is speckled
with islands.
It is so beautiful
to have as a hunting ground
the entire coast.
Up north and down south,
there is a meeting place for people
and wherever you have land
there is a place to live.
At the feet of her mountains
and the mouths of her fjords
her inhabitants meet each other.
The sea is their domain
which they treat so well
It belongs to the Kalaallit
until the end of time!


References

  1. "Culture and Community." Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine Greenland Home Rule. (retrieved 11 November 2009)
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