TAGALOG LYRICS

Bayang Magiliw,
Perlas ng Silanganan
Alab ng puso
Sa dibdib mo'y buhay

Lupang Hinirang,
Duyan ka ng Magiting,
Sa manlulupig
Di ka pasisiil.

Sa dagat at bundok,
Sa simoy at sa langit mong bughaw,
May dilag ang tula
At awit sa paglayang minamahal

Ang kislap ng watawat mo'y
Tagumpay na nagniningning;
Ang bituin at araw niya,
Kailan pa ma'y di magdidilim

Lupa ng araw, ng luwalhati't pagsinta,
Buhay ay langit sa piling mo,
Aming ligaya, na pag may mang-aapi,
Ang mamatay nang dahil sa iyo.

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ENGLISH LYRICS
 
Land of the morning
Child of the sun returning
With fervor burning
Thee do our souls adore. 

Land dear and holy,
Cradle of noble heroes,
Ne'er shall invaders
Trample thy sacred shores. 

Ever within thy skies and through thy clouds
And o'er thy hills and seas;
Do we behold thy radiance, feel the throb
Of glorious liberty. 

Thy banner dear to all hearts
Its sun and stars alright,
Oh, never shall its shining fields
Be dimmed by tyrants might.  

Beautiful land of love, oh land of light,
In thine embrace 'tis rapture to lie;
But it is glory ever when thou art wronged
For us thy sons to suffer and die.

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Philippines
"Lupang Hinirang" (Beloved Land)

Words by: Felipe Padilla de Leon
Music by:Julian Felipe
Adopted:1898 (music), 1948 (Tagalog lyrics)

On June 5, 1898, a week before Philippine independence would be declared,
Julian Felipe, a local pianist from Kawit, Cavite, arrived at the home of
Maximo Inocencio, one of Cavite's thirteen martyrs during the revolution. Upon
his arrival, the leader of the revolution, General Emilio Aguinaldo, asked
Felipe to play a march written by a Filipino in Hong Kong. However, Aguinaldo
was not satisfied with this march. Recognizing Felipe's skills, he asked him to
compose a more soul-rousing tune that would install courage and patriotism in
the hearts of every Filipino.

On June 11, the day before the declaration of independence, Felipe arrived
again and played his tune to the revolutionary leaders. The leaders unanimously
approved it as the national hymn. Felipe called his
work the "Marcha Filipina Magdalo."

On June 12, Felipe's tune was played during the hoisting of the Philippine flag
at the historic window at the Aguinaldo mansion. The march was renamed the
"Marcha Nacional Filipina," and immediately became the National Anthem.
However, the anthem still lacked words. The next year, a young soldier named
José Palma penned the poem "Filipinas" in Spanish, to match the music of the
anthem. It was adopted as the official lyrics.

The Philippines were now under American rule, and as such, a suitable English
translation was to be made of the anthem. The first translation was made by Paz
Marquez Benitez of the University of the Philippines. However, the most popular
version was written by Mary A. Lane and Senator Camillo Osias, known as the
"Philippine Hymn." On December 5, 1938, the Philippine Congress passed
Commonwealth Act 382, which made the anthem's English words official. (These
are the words presented in the link below.)

A Tagalog (the Filipino language) version of the words started appearing in the
1940's. In 1948, the Department of Education approved "O Sintang Lupa" as the
national anthem's Filipino words. In 1954, Education Secretary Gregorio
Hernandez, Jr., created a committee to revise the words. The new version,
entitled "Lupang Hinirang," was adopted (a minor revision was made in 1962),
and was confirmed in 1998 under a new national symbols law.

The new national symbols law, approved in 1998, confirmed the status of the
Filipino version of the anthem, but not the English or Spanish version.
Currently, the English and Spanish versions are not in use, as the law states
that only the Filipino version shall be played, however, the official English
and Spanish lyrics remain the works by Lane/Osias and Palma, repsectively,
although they are not part of the official anthem.

Special thanks to:Josh Lim for some of this information.

