Editing God zij met ons Suriname

{{Short description|National anthem of Suriname}}
{{Infobox anthem
| title         = {{lang|nl|italic=no|God zij met ons Suriname}}
| english_title = God be with our Suriname
| alt_title     = {{lang|srn|italic=no|Opo kondreman}}
| en_alt_title  = Rise, countrymen
| image         = 
| image_size    = 
| caption       = 
| prefix        = National
| country       = {{SUR}}
| author        = Cornelis Atses Hoekstra (1893) and [[Henri Frans de Ziel|Henry de Ziel]] (1959)
| lyrics_date   = 
| composer      = Johannes Corstianus de Puy
| music_date    = 1876
| adopted       = 1959
| until         = 
| sound         = Surinamese national anthem, performed by the U.S. Navy Band.ogg
| sound_title   = [[U.S. Navy Band]] instrumental version (one verse)
}}

"'''{{lang|nl|italic=no|God zij met ons Suriname}}'''" ({{IPA|nl|ˌɣɔt ˈsɛi mɛt ɔns syːriˈnaːmə}}; "God be with our Suriname"), or "'''{{lang|srn|italic=no|Opo kondreman}}'''" ("Rise, countrymen" in [[Sranan Tongo]]), is the [[national anthem]] of [[Suriname]]. It has two [[Stanza|verses]]: the first in [[Dutch language|Dutch]] and the second in [[Sranan Tongo]].

==History==
The original version of the anthem was written by Cornelis Atses Hoekstra in 1893 and based on a 1876 melody by Johannes Corstianus de Puy. It was written to replace the old anthem "[[Wien Neêrlands Bloed]]". The anthem did not have an official status. In 1959, the Government of Suriname appointed Surinamese writer [[Henri Frans de Ziel]] to add a stanza about the unity of the country to Hoekstra's anthem.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/kemp009gesc03_01/kemp009gesc03_01_0043.php|title=Een geschiedenis van de Surinaamse literatuur. Deel 3|author=Michiel van Kempen|author-link=Michiel van Kempen|year=2002|website=Digital Library for Dutch Literature|language=nl|access-date=7 September 2020}}</ref> De Ziel was concerned about the negative nuance in the original and started to transform the anthem into a positive message. He combined this with a poem he wrote in Sranan Tongo on the death of Ronald Elwin Kappel. His anthem was unanimously approved by the Government of Suriname on 7 December 1959.<ref name="anthem">{{cite news|url=https://www.starnieuws.com/index.php/welcome/index/nieuwsitem/50026|title=Trefossa en het volkslied van Suriname|website=Star Nieuws|access-date=7 September 2020|language=nl}}</ref> De Ziel originally used a melody by Surinamese composer [[Johannes Helstone]], however the government preferred the original 1876 melody.<ref name="anthem"/>

==Lyrics==
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![[Dutch language|Dutch]] verse<ref name="Historiana">{{Cite web |title=Historiana : Case Study : Caribbean immigrants in the 1950, an example |url=https://historiana.eu/case-study/caribbean-immigrants/text-national-anthem-suriname |access-date=2022-03-17 |website=historiana.eu |archive-date=2022-11-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123003005/https://historiana.eu/case-study/caribbean-immigrants/text-national-anthem-suriname |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Surname.nu">{{Cite web |last=Suriname |title=Suriname - Paramaribo |url=https://www.suriname.nu/101alg/volkslied01.html |access-date=2022-03-17 |website=www.suriname.nu |language=NL}}</ref>
![[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]] transcription{{efn|See [[Help:IPA/Dutch]], [[Dutch phonology]] and [[Surinamese Dutch]].}}
!English translation
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|<poem>{{lang|nl|italic=no|God zij met ons Suriname
Hij verheff'ons heerlijk land
Hoe wij hier ook samen kwamen
Aan zijn grond zijn wij verpand
Werkend houden w'in gedachten
Recht en waarheid maken vrij
Al wat goed is te betrachten
Dat geeft aan ons land waardij.}}</poem>
|<poem>{{IPA|wrap=none|[ɣɔt‿sɛi mɛt ɔns ˌsy.ri.ˈnaː.mə]
[ɦɛi̯ vər.ɦɛf ɔns ˈɦeːr.lək lɑnt]
[ɦu ʋɛi̯ ɦir oːk ˈsaː.mən ˈkʋaː.mən]
[aːn zɛi̯n ˈɣrɔnt zɛi̯n ʋɛi̯ vər.ˈpɑnt]
[ˈʋɛr.kənt ˈɦɑu̯.dən ʋɪn ɣə.ˈdɑx.tən]
[rɛxt ɛn ˈʋaːr.ɦɛi̯t ˈmaː.kən vrɛi̯]
[ɑl ʋɑt‿xut ɪs tə bə.ˈtrɑx.tən]
[dɑt‿xeːft aːn ɔns lɑnt ˈʋaːr.dɛi̯]}}</poem>
|<poem>God be with our Suriname
May He elevate our lovely land
No matter how we came here together
We are dedicated to its soil
Working we keep in mind
Justice and truth will set free
All that is good to devote oneself to
Will give value to our land</poem>
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![[Sranan Tongo]] verse<ref name="Historiana" /><ref name="Surname.nu" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Arends |first=Jacques |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nxowDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA305 |title=Language and Slavery: A social and linguistic history of the Suriname creoles |date=2017-07-26 |publisher=John Benjamins Publishing Company |isbn=978-90-272-6580-7 |language=en |page=305}}</ref>
!IPA transcription{{efn|See [[Help:IPA]] and [[Sranan Tongo phonology and orthography]].}}
!English translation
!Dutch translation
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|<poem>{{lang|srn|italic=no|Opo, kondreman un' opo!
Sranangron e kari un'.
Wans' ope tata komopo
Wi mu' seti kondre bun.
Strey de f' strey, wi no sa frede.
Gado de wi fesiman.
Eri libi te na dede
Wi sa feti gi Sranan.}}</poem>
|<poem>{{IPA|wrap=none|[o.po koŋ.dɾe.maŋ uŋ o.po]
[sɾa.naŋ.ɾoŋ e ka.ɾi uŋ]
[waŋs o.pe ta.ta ko.mo.po]
[wi mu se.ti koŋ.dɾe buŋ]
[stɾei̯ de f‿strei̯ wi no sa fɾe.de]
[ga.do de wi fe.si.maŋ]
[e.ɾi li.bi te na de.de]
[wi sa fe.ti gi sɾa.naŋ]}}</poem>
|<poem>Rise countrymen, rise!
The soil of Suriname is calling you.
Wherever our ancestors came from
We should take care of our country.
There is a fight to fight, we shall not be afraid.
God is our leader.
Our whole life until death,
We shall fight for Suriname.</poem>
|<poem>{{lang|nl|italic=no|Sta op, landgenoten, sta op!
De Surinaamse grond roept je.
Waar onze voorouders ook vandaan kwamen
We moeten voor ons land zorgen.
Er is een strijd om te strijden, we zullen niet bang zijn.
God is onze leider.
Ons hele leven tot aan de dood,
We zullen vechten voor Suriname.}}</poem>
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==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20191122055336/https://www.navyband.navy.mil/anthems/anthems/suriname.mp3 MP3 version]

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