"" () or "God Bless Fiji", is the

national anthem A national anthem is a patriotic musical composition symbolizing and evoking eulogies of the history and traditions of a country or nation. The majority of national anthems are marches or hymns in style. American, Central Asian, and Europea ...

of Fiji. The lyrics were written by Michael Francis Alexander Prescott (1928–2006) to the tune of the hymn " Dwelling in Beulah Land" by Charles Austin Miles (1911), and the music was adapted by Viliame Bale, Superintendent and Director of Music in the Royal Fiji Police Band. The anthem was adopted upon independence from the United Kingdom in 1970.

Lyrics

The anthem's English version is usually sung. The English and Fijian lyrics are not translations of each other and have very little in common. In August 2008, the draft version of the

People's Charter for Change, Peace and Progress The People's Charter for Change, Peace and Progress (initially, People's Charter for Change and Progress) was a proposed legal document which would have complemented the 1997 Constitution of Fiji. It would have established compulsory guidelines f ...

, a government document intended to supplement the

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and reconcile ethnic and linguistic divides, suggested that the national anthem should be in the country's three main languages: Fijian,

Hindi Hindi ( Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been ...

and English. The Charter later served as the basis for the 2013 Constitution of Fiji.

English lyrics

Fijian lyrics

Hindi lyrics

Notes

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