Gavmii mi ekuverikan matii tibegen kuriime salaam (In National Unity Do We Salute Our Nation) is the national anthem of the Maldives. The text is written by Mohamed Jameel Didi and the music by Wannakuwattawaduge Don Amaradeva.
Text in Dhivehi in romanization
- Gavmii mi ekuverikan matii tibegen kuriime salaam,
- Gavmii bahun gina heyo du'aa kuramun kuriime salaam.
- Gavmii nishaanang hurmataa eku boo lambai tibegen
- Audaanakan libigen e vaa dida-ak kuriime salaam.
- Nasraa nasiibaa kaamyaabu-ge ramzakang himenee
- Fessaa rataai hudaa ekii fenumun kuriime salaam.
- Fakhraa sharaf gavmang e hoodai devvi batalunna'
- Zikraage mativeri l entakun adugai kuriime salaam.
- Divehiinge ummay kuri arai silmaa salaamatugai
- Divehiinge nan molu vun adai tibegen kuriime salaam.
- Minivankamaa madaniyyataa libigen mi 'aalamugai
- Dinigen hitaamatakun tibun edigen kuriime salaam.
- Dinaai verinnang heyo hitun hurmay adaa kuramun
- Siidaa vafaaterikan matii tibegen kuriime salaam.
- Davlatuge aburaa 'izzataa mativeri vegen abada'
- Audaana vun edi heyo du'aa kuramun kuriime salaam.
English translation
- We salute you in this national unity.
- We salute you, with many good wishes in the national tongue,
- Bowing the head in respect to the national symbol.
- We salute the flag that has such might ;
- It falls into the sphere of victory, fortune and success
- With its green and red and white together, and therefore we salute it.
- To those heroes who sought out honour and pride for the nation
- We give salute today in auspicious verses of remembrance.
- May the nation of the Maldivian Islanders advance under guard and protection
- And the name of the Maldivian Islanders become great.
- Thus we pledge as we salute.
- We wish for their freedom and progress in this world
- And for their freedom from sorrows, and thus we salute.
- With full respect and heartfelt blessing towards religion and our leaders,
- We salute you in uprightness and truth.
- May the State ever have auspicious honour and respect.
- With good wishes for your continuing might, we salute you.