Aruba Dushi Tera is the national anthem

National anthem

A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that evokes and eulogizes the history, traditions and struggles of its people, recognized either by a nation's government as the official national song, or by convention through use by the people.- History :Anthems rose to prominence...

 of Aruba

Aruba

Aruba is a 33 km-long island of the Lesser Antilles in the southern Caribbean Sea, located 27 km north of the coast of Venezuela and 130 km east of Guajira Peninsula...

. It is a waltz written by Juan Chabaya Lampe

Padú del Caribe

Padú del Caribe is an Aruban musician and songwriter who has been recording and composing for several decades. He wrote "Aruba Dushi Tera", a waltz that is now the national anthem for Aruba and was long a rallying cry for separation from the Netherlands Antilles, which was achieved in...

 and composed by Rufo Wever. It was accepted as the anthem on March 18, 1976. It is written in Papiamento

Papiamento

Papiamento is the most widely spoken language on the Caribbean ABC islands, having the official status on the islands of Aruba and Curaçao. The language is also recognized on Bonaire by the Dutch government....

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Papiamento Lyrics

chorus:

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English Translation

Aruba appreciated native land

our venerated cradle

you may be small and simple

but yet you are respected.

Chorus:

Oh Aruba dear country

our rock so beloved

our love for you is so strong

that nothing can destroy it. (repeat)

Your beaches so much admired

with palm trees all adorned

your coat of arms and flag

is the proudness of us all!

Chorus

The greatness of our people

is their great cordiality

that God may guide and preserve

his love for liberty!

Chorus

Dutch Translation

Aruba waardeerde inheems land

Onze vereerd wieg

U kunt klein en eenvoudig zijn

Maar nog bent u geacht.

Koor:

Oh Aruba lieve land

Onze rots zo geliefd

Onze liefde voor u is zo sterk

Die niets het kan vernietigen. (Herhaling)

Uw stranden bewonderden zo veel

Met palmbomen alle versierde

Uw jas van armen en markeer

Is de trots van ons iedereen!

Koor

De grootsheid van onze mensen

Is hun geweldige hartelijkheid

Die God kan gidsen en bewaren

Zijn liefde voor vrijheid!

Koor

External links

• Aruba National Anthems In The World All Countries National Anthems