LUPANG HINIRANG: The Philippine National Anthem Lyrics

Lyrics of The Philippine National Anthem “Lupang Hinirang”

LUPANG HINIRANG PHILIPPINE NATIONAL ANTHEM – Here is the lyrics of the national anthem of the Philippines which is “Lupang Hinirang”.

It was in 1898 when Julian Felipe composed the music for Lupang Hinirang, the national anthem of the Philippines. Its lyrics is from the poem of Jose Palma in 1899.

In English, the Philippine National Anthem is “Chosen Land” or “Land of the Morning”.

Previously, Philippine Senator Vicente “Tito” Sotto III was thinking of proposing the revision of the lyrics of the national anthem of PH.

The Senator wanted the last part of the song changed from  “ang mamatay nang dahil sa ‘yo” to “ang ipaglaban kalayaan mo”.

Tito Sotto
Photo Courtesy of Wazzup Pilipinas

The proposal of Sen. Sotto took the social media by storm. Undeniably, it elicited negative reactions from the people and was not pushed through.

Lupang Hinirang Philippine National Anthem

Back to the current lyrics of the Philippine National Anthem, usually it is given as an assignment to students in schools. It is in line with the pursuit of making every Filipino child familiar and aware of “Lupang Hinirang”.

For educational purposes, here is the lyrics of the Philippine national anthem “Lupang Hinirang”:

Bayang Magiliw
Perlas ng Silanganan
Alab ng Puso
Sa dibdib mo’y buhay

Lupang hinirang duyan ka nang magiting
sa manlulupig
di ka pasisiil
sa dagat at bundok sa simoy at sa langit mong bughaw

May dilag ang tula at awit sa pag layang minamahal
ang kislap ng watawat mo’y tagumpay na nagniningning
ang bituin at araw na kailan pa may di mag didilim

Lupa ng araw ng luwalhati’t pagsinta
buhay ay langit sa piling mo
aming ligaya na ‘pag may may mag-aapi
ang mamatay ng dahil sa yo.

Here is a video containing the Filipino and English lyrics of the Philippine National Anthem posted by BlueMarbleNations on YouTube:

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