Our Homeland

**National Anthem of Brabantia**

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"**Our Homeland**" is the national anthem of the United Kingdom of Brabantia and its Commonwealth Territory of Wolvania.

## Background

The music to "Our Homeland" was written in 1864 by Luxembourgian composer Jean Antoine Zinnen and the music is used as the national anthem of Luxembourg since 1993. The music was first used at an official ceremony in 1866, when King Albert II visited the Russian Empire and the Russians assumed it was the national anthem when no other score was available in the Russian archives.

The lyrics were written by Michael de Santis in 1876, seven years after the adoption of the national anthem. The first seven years, both the King and Parliament could not agree on the lyrics of the national anthem, with the King wanting the lyrics more focused on the Monarchy and Parliament more on liberty and God. De Santis did not mention the monarchy once in his draft lyrics, but does touch on the concepts of liberty and God, satisfying Parliament's wishes.

The Ukrainian and Spanish versions of the lyrics were written by then-President Jens van Kakerken in February 2019 to accommodate for the roughly 497,000 native Ukrainian speakers and 567,000 native Spanish speakers, who up until 2019 resorted to only singing their State Anthems and standing to attention for the national anthem.

## Lyrics

The Mal plays wild pranks.
Where fragrent farms amply grow
On the Sauers banks;
There lies the land for which we would
Dare everything down here,
**Our own, native land which ranks**
**Deeply within our hearts!**
Мел грає дикі жарти.
Де ферма рясно росте
На берегах Сауерс;
Там лежить земля, яку ми б
Смій усе тут,
**Наша рідна земля, яку ранги**
**Глибоко в наших серцях!**
El Mal hace bromas locas.
Donde las granjas crecen ampliamente
En los bancos de Sauers;
Aquí está la tierra por la que
Atrévete todo aquí abajo
**¡Nuestra tierra natal que se mantiene**
 O Thou above whose powerful hands,
Makes States or Lays them low,
Protect this Holy Brabantine Land
From Foreign yoke and woe.
Your spirit of Liberty Bestow
On us now as of yore.
**Let Freedom's sun in Glory glow,**
**For Now and Evermore!**
Робить штати або закладає їх низько,
Захистіть цю землю Брабант
Від іноземного ярма.
Твій дух свободи дарує
На нас зараз як раніше.
**Хай світить сонце Свободи**
**Поки що і назавжди.**
Hace estados o los suprime,
Protege nuestro Santo Brabante
Del yugo extranjero.
Tu espíritu de libertad
Es continuar sin fin.
**El sol de libertad brilla en gloria**
 In her dark wreath of woods,
Guarded still by the peace,
With no boastly attitude,
She lovingly smiles with ease!
Her people may with gladness say,
That no dreams go forlorn:
**How pleasant 'tis here to stay,**
**How good 'tis to be home.**

## Official usage

"Our Homeland" was re-confirmed as the national anthem of Brabantia when the Constitution of Brabantia was adopted after the USOR Federation became a constitutional monarchy. Article 74, Section 1 officially classifies it as the National Anthem. It is used during official events by the Brabantine Government, events by the States General, local and State ceremonies and other official events.