Ode to the Mount (National Anthem)
Ode to the Mount, also known as the Zamastan National Anthem, was written and composed by Theodore Robitaille in 1821 at the request of President Tomias Hapson during a period in which Zamastanians were experiencing a wave of patriotism 17 years after the Zamastan War of Independence. Robitaille wanted to capture the essence of the Zamastanian pride, as well as the sheer beauty he saw in the coastal mountain region that was, at the time, the main colonized area of the new nation.
Lyrics
- English Version
Ode to the mount
Lift voice to the mount
Waters hills and peaks
Zamastan shout
Defend our land, live long our God
For on the mount
The placid shores of the Zian heard
The resounding shout of a heroic land
And the sun of Liberty in shining beams
Shone in the homeland's sky
Ode to the mount
God's redeeming grace
Will grant us victory
O're Zamastan
Defend our land, live long our God