Ons Heemecht
Ons Heemecht (Luxembourgish; formerly Ons Hémecht, pronounced [ons ˈheːməɕt], lit. 'Our Homeland') is the national anthem of Luxembourg.
English: Our Homeland | |
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National anthem of Luxembourg | |
Lyrics | Michel Lentz, 1859 |
Music | Jean Antoine Zinnen, 1864 |
Adopted | 1895 (de facto) 1993 (de jure) |
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"Ons Heemecht" (instrumental)
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Background
Michel Lentz wrote the words to Ons Heemecht in 1859 and they were set to music by Jean Antoine Zinnen in 1864. The song was first performed in public in Ettelbruck, a town at the confluence of the Alzette and Sauer rivers (both of which are mentioned in the song) on 5 June 1864.
The first and the last stanza of "Ons Heemecht" were adopted as Luxembourg's national anthem on 17 June 1993, when it was added as one of the official national emblems, alongside the national flag, national coat of arms, and the Grand Duke's Official Birthday.
"Ons Heemecht" is the national anthem; the royal anthem, or more accurately the grand ducal anthem, is "De Wilhelmus". The music of "De Wilhelmus" has its origin in "Wilhelmus", the national anthem of the Netherlands.
Lyrics
Luxembourgish[lower-alpha 1] |
French[lower-alpha 2] |
German[lower-alpha 3] |
English[lower-alpha 4] |
English (verse)[lower-alpha 5] |
Où l'Alzette arrose champs et prés |
Wo die Alzette durch die Wiesen zieht, |
Where the Alzette through meadows flow, |
Where the Alzette slowly flows, | |
An sengem donkle Bëscherkranz, |
Dans sa couronne bois sombre |
In seinem dunklen Wälderkranz, |
In her dark wreath of woods, |
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Gesank, Gesank vu Bierg an Dall |
Chant, chant, de la montagne et la vallée |
Gesang, Gesang, von Berg und Tal |
Sing, sing, on high berg and wide dale, |
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O Du do uewen, deen seng Hand |
Ô Toi aux cieux qui nuit et jour |
O Du dort droben, dessen Hand |
O Thou above, who night and day, |
O Thou above whose powerful hand |
Footnotes
- Only first and fourth verses official
- Translation by Jean-Claude Muller
- Translation by Joseph Groben
- Translated from the Luxembourgish, French, and German texts
- Adapted from a 1929 translation by Nicholas Weydert
External links
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