Malaysia National Anthem Lyrics In English

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Malaysia national anthem lyrics in english. Malaysia negara ku my country original bahasa malaysia words negara ku tanah tumpahnya darah ku rakyat hidup bersatu dan maju rahmat bahagia tuhan kurniakan raja kita selamat bertakhta repeat previous two lines english. Negaraku is the national anthem of malaysia it was selected as a national anthem at the time of the federation of malaya s independence from the uk in 1957. On april 4 1968 the national language act which makes any act of disrespect towards the national anthem a punishable offence was gazetted. Negaraku tanah tumpahnya darahku rakyat hidup bersatu dan maju.

Malaysia s anthem lyrics were written by collective led by tunku abdul rahman and the music was written by pierre jean de beranger. Malaysian national anthem my country. The people living united and progressive. My country my native land the people living united and progressive may god bestow blessing and happiness.

The malaysian national anthem is called negara ku which can be translated as my country or my motherland. The land where my blood has spilt. The tune was originally used as the regional anthem of perak which was adopted from a popular french melody titled la rosalie composed by the lyricist pierre jean de béranger. With the formation of malaysia on september 16 1963 it was adopted as the national anthem of malaysia.

Some of the musical renditions were modified several times. The national anthem of malaysia is negaraku which means in english my country. The history of how it came into being is quite interesting. May god bestow blessing and happiness.

During the 1950 s the soon to be independent nation of malaysia then called federation of malaya found itself without a national anthem although the eleven states making up the federation each had their own state anthems. The honour of performing the national anthem is restricted to designated individuals only.