"Pátria" (English: "Fatherland") is the national anthem of East Timor. It was originally adopted when East Timor unilaterally declared its independence from Portugal in 1975. However, this usage would be short-lived, when the country was infamously invaded by Indonesia. It was officially re-adopted when the independence of East Timor was finally restored in 2002 following a United Nations intervention.
The music was composed by Afonso Redentor Araújo, and the words were written by the poet Francisco Borja da Costa, who was killed at the time of the invasion. It was originally sung exclusively in Portuguese, however, there is now a Tetum version.
Pátria, Pátria, Timor-Leste, nossa Nação.
Glória ao povo e aos heróis da nossa libertação.
Pátria, Pátria, Timor-Leste, nossa Nação.
Glória ao povo e aos heróis da nossa libertação.
Vencemos o colonialismo, gritamos:
Abaixo o imperialismo.
Terra livre, povo livre,
Não, não, não à exploração.
Avante unidos firmes e decididos.
Na luta contra o imperialismo
O inimigo dos povos, até à vitória final.
Pelo caminho da revolução.
Pátria, Pátria, Timór-Leste, ita-nia Nasaun.
Glória ba Povu no ba ita-nia eróis libertasaun nasionál.
Pátria, Pátria, Timór-Leste, ita-nia Nasaun.
Glória ba Povu no ba ita-nia eróis libertasaun nasionál.
Ita manán hasoru kolonializmu, ita hakilar:
Hatuun imperializmu.
Rai livre, Povu livre,
Lae, lae, lae ba esplorasaun.
Bá oin hamutuk, laran-metin no barani.
Halo funu hasoru imperializmu
Inimigu Povu hotu-hotu nian, to’o vitória finál
Liu dalan revolusaun.
Fatherland, fatherland, East Timor our Nation.
Glory to the people and to the heroes of our liberation.
Fatherland, fatherland, East Timor our Nation.
Glory to the people and to the heroes of our liberation.
We vanquish colonialism, we cry:
down with imperialism!
Free land, free people,
No, no, no to exploitation.
Let us go forward, united, firm and determined
In the struggle against imperialism,
enemy of the people, until final victory,
onward to revolution.