O Sweet Saint Martin's Land

"O Sweet Saint Martin's Land" is the anthem of Saint-Martin and Sint Maarten.

 Lyrics 
 English version 
I
Where over the world, say where,
You find an island there,
So lovely small with nations free
With people French and Dutch 
Though talking English much, 
As thee Saint Martin in the sea?

O sweet Saint Martin's Land 
So bright by beach and strand
With sailors on the sea and harbours free
Where the chains of mountains green
Variously in sunlight sheen
𝄆 Oh I love thy Paradise,
Nature beauty fairly nice 𝄇

II
How pretty between all green
Flamboyants beaming gleam
Of flowers red by sunlight set
Thy cows and sheep and goats
In meadows or on roads
Thy donkeys keen I can't forget

III
Thy useful birds in white 
Their morn and evening flight 
Like aircraft-wings in unity 
Their coming down for food 
Then turning back to roost 
Bring home to me their harmony

IV
Saint Martin I love thy name
In which Columbus' fame 
And memories of old are closed 
For me a great delight 
Thy Southern Cross the night 
May God the Lord protect thy coast!

 French version 
French originalEnglish translationI
Find me a pearl so dear,
as the island of St. Martin in the sea,
chain of hills and valleys;
rich golden brown beaches
giving peace, give the rest
in its bleak and all its waters.

𝄆 St. Martin, St. Martin,
So pretty in all its corners. 𝄇

II
What his flamboyant charm,
their enchanting flowers,
a whole bunch of flames.
When the sun comes here,
giving splendor, showing beauty,
What splendor on all sides.

III
Its top "Pic Paradis",
delights tourists here,
hence its green works wonders;
an unparalleled panorama,
Seeing the plains, seeing the sea,
colored blue and green.

IV
Flight of its pelicans,
graceful and elegant
when they hover high into the air,
when they dive into the sea;
Tell me the place where we see them,
when based on their prey

V
His name always St. Martin
Will in the never ending story,
Christopher Columbus discovered it,
gave it its name so dear,
Patron god, God of goodness,
guard it well in prosperity!

References

Category:Dutch anthems
Category:French anthems
Category:North American anthems
Category:Saint Martin
Category:Sint Maarten