O Canada

O Canada
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Noderne til O Canada på engelsk, fransk og inuktitut

Nationalhymne i Canada Canada
Også kendt somfransk: Ô Canada
ForfatterCalixa Lavallée, 1880
KomponistAdolphe-Basile Routhier (fransk, 1880)
Robert Stanley Weir (engelsk, 1908)
Fra1. juli 1980

Lydfil
Lyt til Canada's nationalsang

"O Canada" er Canadas nationalsang. Musikken blev komponeret i 1880 af Calixa Lavallée som en patriotisk sang for fejringen af St. Jean-Baptiste Day, og sangens oprindelige tekst var et fransk digt af Adolphe-Basile Routhier.

I 1908 skrev Robert Stanley Weir en engelsk version af teksten, hvilken ikke var en komplet oversættelse af sangens oprindelige ordlyd. Weis's tekst blev omskrevet to gange før den nuværende tekst tog form i 1980, mens den franske version gennem tiden er forblevet uændret. "O Canada" var ikke Canada's officielle nationalsang indtil 1980, hvor den blev vedtaget ved lov den 1. juli som del af fejringen af Canada's nationaldag.

Officiel tekst

Engelsk versionFransk version

O Canada!
Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all of us command.
With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!
From far and wide, O Canada,
We stand on guard for thee.
God keep our land glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

Ô Canada!
Terre de nos aïeux,
Ton front est ceint de fleurons glorieux!
Car ton bras sait porter l'épée,
Il sait porter la croix!
Ton histoire est une épopée
Des plus brillants exploits.
Et ta valeur, de foi trempée,
Protégera nos foyers et nos droits
Protégera nos foyers et nos droits.

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Flag of Canada introduced in 1965, using Pantone colors. This design replaced the Canadian Red Ensign design.
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The Canadian national anthem, "O Canada", played by the United States Navy Band in the early 2000s. The song was originally commissioned by Lieutenant Governor of Quebec Théodore Robitaille for the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day ceremony, 1880. The music was written by Calixa Lavallée as a setting of a French Canadian patriotic poem composed by Sir Adolphe-Basile Routhier. The lyrics were translated to English in 1906, Robert Stanley Weir wrote another English version in 1908, which were revised thrice before taking their current form in 2018. Was converted to Ogg format using Audacity (Originally uploaded on en.wikipedia).
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SVG image of lyrics to O Canada. See Image:O Canada.pdf for more information.