Monday, March 09, 2015

Sume - Inuit Nunaat (1974)



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Inuit nunaat
Qangarsuaq tikippavut
nunat uku najukkavut
pisuussutai atorpavut pissaaneqarfigalugit
kingulitta pissaraat
siulitta attataat
inuit nunagaat
pigissavaat
qaqugumut pigissavaat
qaqugumut pigissavaat qaqugumut
Tikikkujaallu qallunaat eqqullugu inuusertik
illernartunullu saattaraat sunniiniartuarlutik
naalagaasa peqquaat
nunavut aqussagaat
pisuussutaat tigussagaat
tunissagaat qulaalluta
tunissagaat qulaalluta
tunissagaat qulaalluta
Siunnertitut taasavut
sinnassagaasimavugut
katilluta ataatsimut
makiterniarpugut
kingulittami pissaraat
siulitta attataat
inuit nunagaat
aqussavaat ataatsimut
pigissavaat qaqugumut
pigissavaat qaqugumut

Taall: Malik Høegh



Inuit nunaat - The Land of the Inuit

We came here in ancient times
to these lands where we now roam
Utilizing its riches, having power over them
It is for future generations
what our ancestor’s upheld
it is the land of the Inuit
it will be theirs
it will be theirs forever
then came the qallunaat – the white people – with their way of life
they referred to the holy ones and wanted to have influence
their masters decreed
our lands should be ruled
and take possession of its riches
and sell them above our heads
and sell them above our heads
and sell them above our heads
with those we call our representatives
we have been lulled to sleep
we want to arise
in unison
For it is for the future generations
what our ancestors upheld
It is the land of the Inuit
they will rule it in unison
it will be theirs forever
it will be theirs forever

Lyrics: Malik Høegh, 1974

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