Tautiška giesmė

Lietuva, Tėvyne mūsų
English: Lithuania, Our Homeland
National anthem of	Lithuania
Lyrics	Vincas Kudirka
Music	Vincas Kudirka
Adopted	1919
Music sample
	U.S. Navy band rendition

"Lithuania, Our Homeland" is the national anthem of Lithuania. The words of the song were made by a Lithuanian named Vincas Kudirka, and the melody of the song was also made by him.^[1]^[2]

The words of the song are based on a fifty-word poem written by Kudirka about the Baltic country of Lithuania in general. The national anthem is basically a shortened version of that poem. Shortly before his death in 1899, the anthem was performed for the first time.

Lyrics

Words of the song in Lithuanian	Pronunciation of these words using the IPA	Words of the song in English
Lietuva, Tėvyne mūsų, Tu didvyrių žeme, Iš praeities Tavo sūnūs Te stiprybę semia. Tegul Tavo vaikai eina Vien takais dorybės, Tegul dirba Tavo naudai Ir žmonių gėrybei. Tegul saulė Lietuvoj Tamsumas prašalina, Ir šviesa, ir tiesa Mūs žingsnius telydi. Tegul meilė Lietuvos Dega mūsų širdyse, Vardan tos, Lietuvos Vienybė težydi!^[1]	[lʲɪæ.tˠʊ.vˠɐ ǀ tʲeː.vʲiː.nʲæ mˠuː.sˠuː ǀ] [tˠʊ dʲɪdʲ.vʲiː.rʲ(ɪ̯)uː ʒʲæ.mʲæ ǀ] [ɪʃˠ pˠrˠɐ.ɛɪ̯ˑ.tʲɪæsˠ tˠɐ.vˠoː sˠuː.nˠuːsˠ ǀ] [tʲæ sʲtʲɪ.pʲrʲiː.bʲæː sʲæ.mʲ(ɪ̯)ɐ ǁ] [tʲæː.gʊlˠ tˠɐ.vˠoː vˠɐɪ̯ˑ.kɐɪ̯ˑ ɛɪ̯ˑ.nˠɐ ǀ] [vʲɪænˠ tˠɐ.kɐɪ̯ˑzˠ‿dˠoː.rʲiː.bʲeːsˠ ǀ] [tʲæː.gʊlˠ dʲɪrˠ.bˠɐ tˠɐ.vˠoː nˠɐʊ̯.dˠɐɪ̯ˑ ǀ] [ɪrˠ ʒˠmˠoː.nʲ(ɪ̯)uː gʲeː.rʲiː.bʲɛɪ̯ˑ ǁ] [tʲæː.gʊlˠ sˠɐʊ̯.lʲeː lʲɪæ.tˠʊ.vˠoːj ǀ] [tˠɐmˠ.sˠʊ.mˠɐs pˠrˠɐ.ʃˠɐ.lʲɪ.nˠɐ ǀ] [ɪrˠ ʃʲvʲɪæ.sˠɐ ǀ ɪrˠ tʲɪæ.sˠɐ ǀ] [muːzʲ‿ʒʲɪŋʲgʲ.sʲnʲ(ɪ̯)ʊsˠ tʲæ.lʲiː.dʲɪ ǁ] [tʲæː.gʊlˠ mʲæɪ̯.lʲeː lʲɪæ.tˠʊ.vˠoːsˠ ǀ] [dʲæː.gɐ mˠuː.sˠuː ʃʲɪrʲ.dʲiː.sʲæ ǀ] [vˠɐrˠ.dˠɐnˠ tˠoːsˠ ǀ lʲɪæ.tˠʊ.vˠoːsˠ ǀ] [vʲɪæ.nʲiː.bʲeː tʲæ.ʒʲiː.dʲɪ ǁ]	Lithuania, our dear homeland, Land of worthy heroes! May your sons draw strength From your past experiences. May your children always Choose the paths of virtue, May they work towards your good, And that of all people. May the sun of Lithuania Disperse darkness, And light, and truth, May guide our steps. May love of Lithuania Burn in our hearts, In the name of Lithuania, Unity may blossom!^[3]

Tautiška Giesmė Media

National anthem of Lithuania
The grave of Vincas Kudirka.
Monument for Tautiška giesmė and Vincas Kudirka in Vilnius
The building where the 1905 Seimas took place. It currently houses the National Philharmonic Society of Lithuania.
Lithuanian Teachers Congress in 1940, where the teachers sang the Tautiška giesmė.
The anthem of the Soviet Union and the Lithuanian SSR, 1946.
A list of the songs to be played at the 1946 Lithuanian Song Festival in the Lithuanian SSR. Tautiška giesmė is played after the anthem of the Soviet Union.