Meniñ Qazaqstanım

Менің Қазақстаным

English: My Kazakhstan
Meniñ Qazaqstanım
Text and score of the Kazakh national anthem.
National anthem of  Kazakhstan
Lyrics	Jumeken Najimedenov, 1956 Nursultan Nazarbayev, 2006
Music	Shamshi Kaldayakov, 1956
Adopted	7 January 2006
Music sample
My Kazakhstan

	2006 version
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My Kazakhstan (Kazakh: Менің Қазақстаным, Meniñ Qazaqstanım) is the national anthem of Kazakhstan, adopted on January 7, 2006.^[1] It is based on a homonymous song written in 1956, with music by Shamshi Kaldayakov and lyrics by Jumeken Najimedenov.^[2] This replaced the anthem of the Republic of Kazakhstan as the state anthem, which was used after independence. The original lyrics were modified by Nursultan Nazarbayev, the President of Kazakhstan, before the decree was issued.^[3]

Official lyrics

Kazakh	Latin script	English translation
Алтын күн аспаны, Алтын дән даласы, Ерліктің дастаны - Еліме қарашы! Ежелден ер деген, Даңқымыз шықты ғой, Намысын бермеген, Қазағым мықты ғой! Қайырмасы: Менің елім, менің елім, Гүлің болып егілемін, Жырың болып төгілемін, елім! Туған жерім менің — Қазақстаным! Ұрпаққа жол ашқан, Кең байтақ жерім бар. Бірлігі жарасқан, Тәуелсіз елім бар. Қарсы алған уақытты, Мәңгілік досындай. Біздің ел бақытты, Біздің ел осындай! Қайырмасы (2 рем)	Altın kün aspanı, Altın dän dalası, Erliktiñ dastanı - Elime qaraşı! Ejelden er degen, Dañqımız şıqtı ğoy, Namısın bermegen, Qazağım mıqtı ğoy! Qayırması: Meniñ elim, meniñ elim, Güliñ bolıp egilemin, Jırıñ bolıp tögilemin, elim! Tuwğan jerim meniñ — Qazaqstanım! Urpaqqa jol aşqan, Keñ baytaq jerim bar. Birligi jarasqan, Täwelsiz elim bar. Qarsı alğan waqıttı, Mäñgilik dosınday. Bizdiñ el baqıttı, Bizdiñ el osınday! Qayırması (2 rem)	Sky of golden sun, Steppe of golden seed, Legend of courage - Take a look at my country! From the antiquity Our heroic glory emerged, They did not give up their honor My Kazakh people are strong! Chorus: My motherland, my motherland, As your flower I will grow from you, As your song I will stream, my country! My native land – My Kazakhstan! The way was opened to the descendants By the vast land I have. Its unity is proper, I have an independent country. It welcomed the tests of time Like an eternal friend, Our country is blessed, Our country is such! Chorus (twice)

2012 sporting event incident

In March 2012, a parody national anthem, O Kazakhstan, featured in the soundtrack of the movie Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, was mistakenly played at the International Shooting Grand Prix in Kuwait. The Gold-winning medalist, Maria Dmitrienko, stood on the dais while the entire parody was played. The team complained, and the award ceremony was re-staged. The incident apparently resulted from the wrong song being downloaded from YouTube at the last minute.^[4][5] Senior officials in Kazakhstan were furious with the error and vowed to make a complaint to their Kuwaiti counterparts.

See also

• My Kazakhstan (1956 song)
• Anthem of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic
• Borat (soundtrack) — Contains the faux national anthem which has been often confused with the official one

References

1. The CIA World Factbook 2012 Central Intelligence Agency - 2011 "National anthem: name: “Menin Qazaqstanim” (My Kazakhstan) lyrics/music: Zhumeken NAZHIMEDENOV"
2. Embassy of Kazakhstan in New Delhi, India : Weekly News
3. Агентство Республики Казахстан по делам государственной службы
4. "Borat anthem played by mistake at medals ceremony". Eurosport Yahoo! UK. Mar 24, 2012.
5. "Borat anthem stuns Kazakh gold medallist in Kuwait". BBC. 23 March 2012.

External links

• Kazakh.ru — This Russian language website with news about Kazakhstan has an article about the new anthem, with an MP3 vocal file.