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.
Ethnic anthem of the Kalaallit Inuit Co-regional anthem of  | |
| Lyrics | Jonathan Petersen |
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| Music | Jonathan Petersen |
| Adopted | 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
- Landet af Stor Længde
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
- "Culture and Community." Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine Greenland Home Rule. (retrieved 11 November 2009)
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