Lesotho Fatse La Bontata Rona (Original composition)

Lesōthō Fatše La Bo Ntat'a Rōna
English: Lesotho, land of our Fathers

National anthem of  Lesotho

Lyrics François Coillard
Music Ferdinand-Samuel Laur
Adopted 1966

The original "Lesōthō Fatše La Bo Ntat'a Rōna", the national anthem of Lesotho, was composed/written by François Coillard, a French missionary, and the music was composed by Ferdinand-Samuel Laur. The first and last verses of the composition were adopted by Lesotho's first independent government as a national anthem. It has been used as the national anthem since 1967.

Lyrics

Sesotho lyrics

Lesōthō fatše la bo-ntat'a rōna;
Har'a mafatše le letle ke lona;
Ke moo re hlahileng,
ke moo re hōlileng,
Rea le rata,
Leha ba bang ba re le lenyenyane,
Ho rona le leholo, le lekane
Re na le masimo,
Re na le likhomo;
Ho re lekane.
'Me leha le hloka lintho tse ngata,
Le tse rorisoang ke tse ling lichaba,
Le na le lithaba,
Makhulo, liliba;
Lea rateha.
Haholo lefatše lena la rōna
Le se le na le taba tsa Morena;
Batho b'a rapela,
Le mekhoa e'a fela:
Rea ratana.
Mōlimō ak'u bōlōke Lesōthō;
U felise lintoa le matšoenyeho;
Oho fatše lena;
La bo-ntat'a rōna;
Le be le khotso.

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