PAPIAMENTU LYRICS
 
Lanta nos bos ban kanta
Grandesa di Korsou
Korsou isla chikitu
Baranka den laman
Korsou nos ta stimabo
Ariba tur nashon
Bo gloria nos ta kanta
Di henter nos kurason.
    
I ora nos ta leu foi kas  
Nos tur ta rekorda  
Korsou su solo i playanan  
Orguyo di nos tur  
Laga nos gloria kreador  
Tur tempu i sin fin  
K'e la hasi nos digno  
Di ta yu di Korsou.
 
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DUTCH TRANSLATION
 
Laten wij onze stem verheffen om te zingen
Over de grootheid van curacao
curacao klein eilandje
Rots in de zee
curacao wij houden van jou
Boven alle landen
Jouw eer bezingen wij
Uit heel ons hart.
 
En als wij ver van huis zijn
Denken wij allemaal
Aan de zon en de stranden van curacao
Ons aller trots
Laten wij onze schepper eren
Altijd en zonder eind
Dat hij ons waardig heeft gemaakt
Om een kind van curacao te zijn. 

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ENGLISH TRANSLATION

Let us raise our voice to sing  
About the glory of Curaçao  
Curaçao a small island  
Rock in the sea
Curaçao we love you  
Above all countries  
We sing about your honour  
Deep from our heart.  
 
And if we are far from home  
We do always think  
About the sun and the beaches of Curaçao  
The pride of us all  
Let us honour our Creator  
All times and without end  
That He has made us being worth  
To be a child of Curaçao.

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Curaçao

Words by:unknown
Music by:unknown
Adopted:unknown

Curaçao is an island in the Netherlands_Antilles, which is itself part of the
Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands. Each island in the Netherlands Antilles, as well as
the territory itself, has local anthems that are in use on the respective
islands. Until 1964 the Curaçao anthem was used as the anthem of the entire
Netherlands Antilles, until it was replaced first with the anthem of another
island, Bonaire, then in 2000 with a unique anthem.

Special thanks to:Pavel Zinovatny for the MIDI.

See also: Netherlands, Netherlands_Antilles.

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