Gaumee Salaam

{{Short description|National anthem of the Maldives}} {{Use British English|date=September 2022}} {{Infobox anthem | title = {{lang|dv|ޤައުމީ ސަލާމް}} | transcription = {{lang|dv-latn|italic=no|Gaumee Salaam}} | english_title = National Salute | image = Emblem of Maldives.svg | image_size = | caption = | prefix = National | alt_title = | country = [[Maldives]] | author = [[Mohamed Jameel Didi]] | lyrics_date = 1948 | composer = [[W. D. Amaradeva|Pandit W. D. Amaradeva]] | music_date = 1972 | adopted = 1905 | readopted = 1972 | sound = Gaumii salaam.ogg | sound_title = [[U.S. Navy Band]] instrumental rendition in [[C major]] }}

"'''{{lang|dv-latn|italic=no|Gaumee Salaam}}'''" ({{langx|dv|ޤައުމީ ސަލާމް}}, {{IPA|dv|gaʊmiː s̺alaːm|IPA}}; {{lit|National Salute}}) is the [[national anthem]] of the [[Maldives]]. The lyrics were written by [[Mohamed Jameel Didi]] in 1948, and the melody was composed by [[Sri Lanka]]n maestro [[W. D. Amaradeva|Pandit Amaradeva]] in 1972.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZAv6-0rGsW8C&pg=PA461 |title=The World Factbook |date=2012 |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency |isbn=9780160911422 |pages=461 |language=en}}</ref>

"Gaumee Salaam" declares national unity and [[Islam in the Maldives|Islam]], and pays tribute to [[History of the Maldives|historic]] military victories and military deaths for the country. It also wishes further development on the country while paying respect to national [[List of head of state of the Maldives|leaders]].

==History== Until 1948, a melody without lyrics called the {{lang|dv-latn|[[Salāmathī|Salaamathi]]}} was performed by a royal band on state occasions at the {{lang|dv-latn|Etherekoilu}}, the residence of the [[List of Maldivian monarchs|Sultan]]. Soon after, it was decided that the {{lang|dv-latn|Salaamathi}} needed lyrics accompanied by a new melody. The lyrics were written by a young poet and later chief justice, [[Mohamed Jameel Didi]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Maldive national anthem |url=https://maldivesroyalfamily.com/maldives_anthem.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040703210338/http://www.maldivesroyalfamily.com/maldives_anthem.shtml |archive-date=3 July 2004 |access-date=11 July 2025 |website=Maldives Royal Family}}</ref>

Jameel Didi wrote the words for the new [[Salāmathī|Salaamathi]] bearing in mind the influence of [[Urdu]] poetry during the time, closely imitating its style and also furnishing his work with words borrowed from [[Arabic language|Arabic]]. Afterwards, Jameel Didi began looking for a tune to accompany his poem when he heard the noon chime ("[[Auld Lang Syne]]") of his uncle's clock. The tune was adopted to the lyrics, and the new {{transliteration|dv|Salaamathi}} was complete.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />

Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, Maldivians became more aware of the importance of a national anthem, and in 1972, shortly before the Maldives was visited by [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]], the government hastily commissioned Sri Lankan maestro [[W. D. Amaradeva]] for a new melody for the anthem.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Radhakrishnan |first=R. K. |date=28 June 2011 |title=India honours doyen of modern Sinhala music |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article2141369.ece |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110701130222/https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article2141369.ece |archive-date=1 July 2011 |access-date=25 April 2013 |work=[[The Hindu]] |location=Colombo}}</ref> The original lyrics were retained, with a few changes to emphasise the fact that Maldives had been a republic since 1968.<ref name=":2" /> {{As of|2022}}, this version of the anthem has survived without any modifications.

==Lyrics== Normally, only the chorus and first two verses are sung.<ref name="2019 anthem">{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TEFaepTrvo |title=National Anthem of Maldives |date=13 April 2019 |type=Video |language=dv |publisher=[[Television Maldives]] |access-date=11 July 2025 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/2TEFaepTrvo |archive-date=29 April 2022 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref name="MaldivianIdol">{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSC3O0qSihg |title=National Anthem of Maldives - by #MaldivianIdol TOP5 |date=13 April 2016 |type=Video |language=dv |publisher=Television Maldives |access-date=11 July 2025 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/zSC3O0qSihg |archive-date=29 April 2022}}</ref>

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