National anthem of Latvia (Latvian/English translation)

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"God, Bless Latvia!" - Dievs, svētī Latviju!
Latvijas valsts Himna
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Dievs, svētī Latviju! is the national anthem of Latvia. The words and music were written by Kārlis Baumanis (Baumaņu Kārlis, 1834–1904).

The music and lyrics were written in 1873 by Kārlis Baumanis, a teacher, who was part of the Young Latvian nationalist movement. It has been speculated that Baumanis may have borrowed part of the lyrics from a popular song which was sung to tune of God Save the Queen, modified them and set them to music of his own. Baumanis's lyrics were different from the modern ones: he used the term "Baltics" synonymously and interchangeably with "Latvia" and "Latvians", so "Latvia" was actually mentioned only at the beginning of the first verse. Later the term "Latvia" was removed and replaced with "Baltics" to avoid a ban on the song. This has led to the misapprehension that the term "Latvia" was not part of the song until 1920, when it was chosen as national anthem and the word "Baltics" was replaced with "Latvia".

After Latvia was annexed by the Soviet Union in 1940, the singing of "Dievs, svētī Latviju!" was banned. In its place, the anthem of the Soviet republic of Latvia was used. By the time Latvia restored its independence in 1990, the anthem was once again restored as the national anthem of Latvia.

The anthem's tune was modernized with a new F major version that is used since 2014, formerly a G Major version was used on LTV's sign-on and sign-offs daily from 2011 up to 2013.
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I heard from a reliable source that this is God's favourite anthem.

bok_choyy

Loved it when I was 12, still love it to this day

kirushapojar

Everyone knows that a good anthem is not about the sophistication. I can assure you this is the best anthem. God's favorite.

lordadamson

"God, Bless Latvia", definitely god's favorite anthem

AnthoPastis

Long live King Terry and his Divine Intellect given by Mr. God

robertlee

God's favourite national anthem. Amen brothers

averyhandsomechilean

Damn he's right, this is probably God's favorite national anthem.

kaspersaldell

I think God was onto something when he declared this to be his favorite anthem

darcyzhang

God’s favorite national anthem.
-Terry A. Davis

SnepLeo

"It's good to be king".
-King Terry A Davis.

DahGameGame

Greetings from Estonia, I heard that this anthem was god's favorite and that it makes you feel 12 again.

CarCrasher

I prayed the other night, in a dream, an angel told me that this is god's favorite anthem.

deleter

I am from USA and i was in Latvia last year. I have been in Riga then all over central and coastline small towns and cities in beautiful Latvia. This incredibly beautiful and clean Land Deserve This lovely National Anthem!!

alp