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Indonesian's national anthem is called Indonesia Raya, written by Wage Rudolf Supratman in the Youth Congress of 1928 in Bandung, Indonesia.

It originally consists of three verses, the first one being the most widely known because it is sung every Monday in every public school in Indonesia by the students. Later, the law exclude the second and third verses from the official song.

First Verse

Original Song	Unauthorized English translation	Literal (naive) translation / notes
Indonesia , tanah airku , tanah tumpah darahku disanalah aku berdiri , jadi pandu ibuku Indonesia , kebangsaanku , bangsa dan tanah airku marilah kita berseru Indonesia bersatu Hiduplah tanahku, hiduplah negriku bangsaku, rakyatku, semuanya bangunlah jiwanya, bangunlah badannya untuk Indonesia Raya Indonesia Raya, merdeka merdeka tanahku, negriku, yang kucinta Indonesia Raya, merdeka merdeka hiduplah Indonesia Raya	Indonesia , my native land , my place of birth where I stand guard , over my motherland Indonesia , my nationality , my people and my country let us all call for united Indonesia Long live my land, long live my country my nation and all my people arouse their spirit, arouse their bodies for the Great Indonesia great Indonesia, free and independent the land, the country, that I love great Indonesia, free and independent long live Great Indonesia	Indonesia, in songs usually pronounced as Endonesia, tanah air-ku = my land and water, tumpah darah = pour blood pandu = to guide, ibu = mother, referring to motherland bangsa __ Long live my land, long live my country my nation and all my people arouse their spirit, arouse their bodies for the Great Indonesia great Indonesia, free and independent the land, the country, that I love great Indonesia, free and independent long live Great Indonesia

Second Verse

Indonesia tanah yang mulia, tanah kita yang kaya

Di sanalah aku berada, untuk s'lama lamanya

Indonesia tanah pusaka, p'saka kita semuanya

Marilah kita mendo'a, Indonesia bahagia

Suburlah tanahnya, suburlah jiwanya

Bangsanya, Rakyatnya semuanya

Sadarlah hatinya, sadarlah budinya

Untuk Indonesia Raya

Indonesia Raya, merdeka merdeka

tanahku, negriku, yang kucinta

Indonesia Raya, merdeka merdeka

hiduplah Indonesia Raya

Third Verse

Indonesia tanah yang suci, tanah kita yang sakti

Di sanalah aku berdiri, 'jaga ibu sejati

Indonesia tanah berseri, tanah yang aku sayangi

Marilah kita berjanji, Indonesia abadi

S'lamatlah rakyatnya, s'lamatlah putranya

Pulaunya, lautnya semuanya

Majulah negrinya, majulah pandunya

Untuk Indonesia Raya

Indonesia Raya, merdeka merdeka

tanahku, negriku, yang kucinta

Indonesia Raya, merdeka merdeka

hiduplah Indonesia Raya

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