From "Patriotic Song". "Patriotic Anthem" was composed in 1947. The lyrics were written by poet Park Se-young (1902-1989), and the music was composed by musician Kim Won-kyun.
"Patriotic Song" is a famous ancient song in North Korea, and its status is similar to China's "Man Jiang Hong". In 1896, against the background of Japan stepping up its invasion of North Korea, the then North Korean private newspaper "Independence News" published multiple versions of the lyrics of the "Patriotic Anthem", but the tune was not determined. After Japan's defeat and surrender in 1945, the Korean people regained their independence.
On August 15, 1948, the Republic of Korea was proclaimed in the southern part of the Korean Peninsula. The version of "Patriotic Anthem" composed by musician Ahn Ik-tae in 1935 became the national anthem of South Korea.
On September 9, 1948, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea was proclaimed in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula. The North Korean national anthem is also called the "Patriotic Anthem". To distinguish it from the South Korean national anthem, it has another name - "Morning Light Turns the Land of the Motherland into Gold", but the melody and lyrics are different from South Korea's "Patriotic Anthem".
The original text is:
You are the sunshine and I am your spring silkworm,
You are the peony and I am your petals,
You I am a farmer and I am your seed,
You are the mother and I am your boy,
You are the river and I am your clear spring,
You are the annals of history I am your bookmark,
You are the earth and I am your mountain,
You hope that I will be your tomorrow.