Dranish National Anthem Competition

[EEL123]

Portugal? Sweden? Albania? (The last is a little jingoistic though.)

[EEL123]

Hello, anyone here?

[Afrocentric]

This thread reeks of failure.

There was no need to ask the rest of us to choose your national anthem.

[EEL123]

This thread reeks of failure.

There was no need to ask the rest of us to choose your national anthem.

Wasn't my idea.

[Captain-Socialist]

A flag, a language, a history
Gives us culture, strength and glory
(And glory!)
And they feed the future brightness
Of the great people, the sons of Saint Sharika
(Saint Sharika!)

One nation, one heart, one voice,
Young and old, boys and girls,
Who still have the Hawk in their hearts
Never give up,
We build up the foundations of a new tomorrow

Our honesty makes us respected in the world
With our initiative and charity,
We make land flourish from mountains to seas
We defend peace and freedom

All together with one heart
All together one nation
In our hearts we still have the Hawk
We will never be defeated
We build up the foundations of a new tomorrow

¡Viva! ¡Viva! ¡Viva! ¡Libertad!
¡Siempre! ¡Siempre! ¡Siempre! ¡Libertad!

[EEL123]

A flag, a language, a history
Gives us culture, strength and glory
(And glory!)
And they feed the future brightness
Of the great people, the sons of Saint Sharika
(Saint Sharika!)

One nation, one heart, one voice,
Young and old, boys and girls,
Who still have the Hawk in their hearts
Never give up,
We build up the foundations of a new tomorrow

Our honesty makes us respected in the world
With our initiative and charity,
We make land flourish from mountains to seas
We defend peace and freedom

All together with one heart
All together one nation
In our hearts we still have the Hawk
We will never be defeated
We build up the foundations of a new tomorrow

¡Viva! ¡Viva! ¡Viva! ¡Libertad!
¡Siempre! ¡Siempre! ¡Siempre! ¡Libertad!

Some flaws, but generally good. Where did it come from?

[Captain-Socialist]

It's the Venetian "anthem", based on the famous Venetian oprea Juditha triumphans which, like many Italian separatist anthems, was originally about the Jews.

I changed the "Lion" to the "Hawk" and made a reference to a Saint of the Church of Light to make it fit Dranland.

[EEL123]

I don't like the second-last verse (I'd cut it out) and the rest needs a bit of modification. But once that's done, it's between this and the Welsh one, as far as I'm concerned.

[CalF]

I think the second-last verse is actually quite good.

[EEL123]

I think that it's a bit cheesy. BTW, in case there's confusion, I meant the second-last actual verse, excluding

¡Viva! ¡Viva! ¡Viva! ¡Libertad!
¡Siempre! ¡Siempre! ¡Siempre! ¡Libertad!

Which is not really a verse, just a bunch of Spanish words thrown together,