Nuna asiilasooq

"Nuna asiilasooq" ("The Land of Great Length") is a national anthem of Greenland used by the self-governing Kalaallit Inuit people of Greenland.

"Nuna asiilasooq" was officially recognised by the government in 1979. Both lyrics and melody were composed by Jonathan Petersen, who wrote the musical score for Greenland's 1916 anthem, "Nunarput utoqqarsuanngoravit."^[1]

Greenlandic Text

Nuna asiilasooq Kalaallit nunagaarput

/: tamarmi qaqqartooq.:/:

Kangerluppassuit sinaa

nunassaqqissisippaat,

tamaat sineriaa

qeqertat saangerpaat.

Nuannersoqaqaaq

angallavigigaanni

/: tamaat sineriak :/:

avannamut kujammullu

inunnik naapitsiffik

nunaqarfinnillu

uningavissalik.

Qaqqaasa saavini

kangerluillu paani

/: unipput inuii. :/:

Imartik pissaqarfigaat

atorluakkaminnik,

Kalaallimmi pigaat

soraajuerlutik.

References

1. "Culture and Community." Greenland Home Rule. (retrieved 11 November 2009)