# De Alde Friezen > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/De_Alde_Friezen > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/De_Alde_Friezen.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Alde_Friezen > Source revision: 1327930875 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Anthem of Friesland, the Netherlands De Âlde Friezen English: The Old Frisians Regional anthem of Friesland Lyrics Eeltsje Halbertsma / Jacobus van Loon, 1876 Music Heinrich Christian Schnoor "**De Âlde Friezen**" (English: "The Old Frisians") is the [anthem](/source/National_anthem) of the [Friesland](/source/Friesland) province of the [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands).[1] The text is by the [Frisian](/source/Frisians) writer [Eeltsje Halbertsma](/source/Eeltsje_Hiddes_Halbertsma).[1] The version commonly sung today is an abridgement, dating from 1876, by Jacobus van Loon. The words were not set to music until after [Halbertsma](/source/Halbertsma)'s death; they were first sung in 1875 at a ceremony held to commemorate his work. The song was adopted as the Frisian anthem by the *Selskip foar Frysk Taal- en Skriftekennisse* (Society for Frisian Language and Literature) and has served as the anthem of Friesland ever since. ## Lyrics Frysk bloed tsjoch op! Wol no ris brûze en siede, en bûnzje troch ús ieren om! Flean op! Wy sjonge it bêste lân fan d'ierde, it Fryske lân fol eare en rom. Refrein: Klink dan en daverje fier yn it rûn, Dyn âlde eare, o Fryske grûn! (2x) Hoe ek fan oermacht, need en see betrutsen, oerâlde, leave Fryske grûn, Nea waard dy fêste, taaie bân ferbrutsen, dy't Friezen oan har lân ferbûn. (Refrein) Fan bûgjen frjemd, bleau by 't âld folk yn eare, syn namme en taal, syn frije sin; Syn wurd wie wet; rjocht, sljocht en trou syn leare, en twang, fan wa ek, stie it tsjin. (Refrein) Trochloftich folk fan dizze âlde namme, wês jimmer op dy âlders great! Bliuw ivich fan dy grize, hege stamme, in grien, in krêftich bloeiend leat! (Refrein) Translation: Frisian blood, brew! Foam and boil, and beat through our veins! Rise! We sing of the best land on the Earth, the Frisian land, full of honour and glory. Chorus: It resounds and thunders far and wide, Thine ancient honour, oh Frisian soil! (2x) Despite threats from great powers, hardships, and the sea, ancient and beloved Frisian soil, Never were the steadfast bonds broken, that bound the Frisians to their land. (Chorus) Bowing to no one, the old Frisians retained their honour, their name and language, their sense of freedom. Their word was law; fair, modest, and true was its doctrine, and opposed to coercion, from whomever it might come. (Chorus) Honourable people of this ancient name, be always proud of your forefathers! Remain forever, on that tall, grey trunk a green and strong, flowering branch! (Chorus) ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_1-1) Koopmans, Joop W.; Jr, Arend H. Huussen (2007-05-22). [*Historical Dictionary of the Netherlands*](https://books.google.com/books?id=RZmk_G1JXbMC). Scarecrow Press. p. 89. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-8108-6444-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8108-6444-3). ## External links - [Vocal rendition (MP3 file)](https://web.archive.org/web/20051022135156/http://members.chello.nl/s.kloosterman4/mp3/PTT%26Anneke_Douma-FryskFolksliet.mp3) (first stanza and chorus) - [Vom hoh'n Olymp](http://www.turnerschaft-asciburgia.de/files/Vom_hohn_Olymp.mp3)[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*] (the melody of which was used for De âlde Friezen) v t e Anthems of Europe Countries Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark (Der er et yndigt land and Kong Christian stod ved højen mast) Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kazakhstan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Vatican City Territories, dependencies, other areas United Kingdom Constituent countries England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales British Overseas Territories Gibraltar Crown Dependencies Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey Counties Cornwall Lincolnshire Sussex Wiltshire Yorkshire Russia Adygea Arkhangelsk Oblast Bashkortostan Chechnya Chuvashia Dagestan Ingushetia Kabardino-Balkaria Kalmykia Karachay–Cherkessia Karelia Komi Mari El Mordovia Moscow Nenets Autonomous Okrug North Ossetia–Alania Rostov Saint Petersburg Tatarstan Tambov Udmurtia Vladimir Yugra Spain Andalusia Aragon Aran Valley Asturias Canary Islands Basque Country Cantabria Catalonia Galicia Madrid Majorca Valencia Disputed Kosovo Abkhazia South Ossetia Northern Cyprus Transnistria Crimea Sevastopol Donetsk Luhansk Other Flanders (Belgium) Wallonia (Belgium) Limburg (Belgium) Republika Srpska (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Istria (Croatia) Faroe Islands (Denmark) Greenland (Denmark) Åland (Finland) Alsace (France) Brittany (France) Corsica (France) Île-de-France (France) Occitania (France–Italy–Spain–Monaco) Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (France) Bavaria (Germany) Franconia (Germany) Hesse (Germany) Lusatia (Germany) Saarland (Germany) Schleswig-Holstein (Germany) Macedonia (Greece) Aosta Valley (Italy) Marche (Italy) Sardinia (Italy) Sicily (Italy) Flevoland (Netherlands) Friesland (Netherlands) Gelderland (Netherlands) Groningen (Netherlands) Limburg (Netherlands) Utrecht (Netherlands) Azores (Portugal) Madeira (Portugal) Székely Land (Romania) Sámi (Norway–Sweden–Finland) Gagauzia (Moldova) Canton of Bern (Switzerland) Other Europe and the European Union Sovereign Military Order of Malta Authority control databases MusicBrainz work --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [De Alde Friezen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Alde_Friezen) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Alde_Friezen?action=history)). 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