| English: God be with our Suriname | |
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National anthem of  Suriname | |
| Also known as | Opo kondreman (English: Rise, countrymen) |
| Lyrics | Cornelis Atses Hoekstra (1893) and Henry de Ziel (1959) |
| Music | Johannes Corstianus de Puy, 1876 |
| Adopted | 1959 |
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U.S. Navy Band instrumental version (one verse)
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"God zij met ons Suriname" (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌɣɔt ˈsɛi mɛt ɔns ˌsyːriˈnaːmə]; "God be with our Suriname"), or "Opo kondreman" ("Rise, countrymen" in Sranan Tongo), is the national anthemofSuriname. It has two verses: the first in Dutch and the second in Sranan Tongo.
The original version of the anthem was written by Cornelis Atses Hoekstra in 1893 and based on a 1876 melody by Johannes Corstianus de Puy. It was written to replace the old anthem "Wien Neêrlands Bloed". The anthem did not have an official status. In 1959, the Government of Suriname appointed Surinamese writer Henri Frans de Ziel to add a stanza about the unity of the country to Hoekstra's anthem.[1] De Ziel was concerned about the negative nuance in the original and started to transform the anthem into a positive message. He combined this with a poem he wrote in Sranan Tongo on the death of Ronald Elwin Kappel. His anthem was unanimously approved by the Government of Suriname on 7 December 1959.[2] De Ziel originally used a melody by Surinamese composer Johannes Helstone, however the government preferred the original 1876 melody.[2]
| Dutch verse[3][4] | IPA transcription[a] | English translation | |
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God zij met ons Suriname |
[ɣɔt‿sɛi mɛt ɔns ˌsy.ri.ˈnaː.mə] |
God be with our Suriname |
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| Sranan Tongo verse[3][4][5] | IPA transcription[b] | English translation | Dutch translation |
Opo, kondreman un' opo! |
[o.po koŋ.dɾe.maŋ uŋ o.po] |
Rise countrymen, rise! |
Sta op, landgenoten, sta op! |
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