Friday, May 23, 2008

Branding the Most Beautiful National Anthem

I was at it again, listening to various anthems, and without a doubt, I found the World's Beautifulest National Anthem, which I'm sure you'll agree after listening to it.

Below is a video from YouTube, featuring Hatikvah, the national anthem of Israel. The anthem is in a minor key, which is unusual for national anthems. However, the melody, though heart-renching, is very uplifting and inspiring.

The anthem is in a binary form, AB. Section A is a melancholic tune which roughly translates as:

"Deep in the heart within,
A Jewish soul yearns,
And facing in the East, forward,
A watchful eye overlooks"

Section B is more uplifting as compared to Section A. It translates as:

"Our hope is not yet lost,
The hope of 2000 years,
To be a free people in our own land,
The land of Zion and Jerusalem"

Section B repeats the last two lines.


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