The Anthem of Bikini Atoll (Arrangement by Kitsune-chan)
- Author
- Kitsune-chan
- Type
- Full range 60
- Created
- 15/12/2022 06:57
- BPM
- 65
- Length
- 497
Bikini Atoll is a small atoll in the Marshall Islands, which was used for United States nuclear testing in the Cold War, thus forcibly exiling the Bikinian people from their rightful homeland in 1946. After the islanders were relocated in 1946, while the Bikini islanders were experiencing starvation on Rongerik Atoll, a Bikinian man named Lore Kessibuki wrote a song that describes sadness in missing his homeland, and it later became the anthem of Bikini Atoll. Its lyrics are as follows:
Ij jab ber emol, aet, ij jab ber ainmon
ion kineo im bitu
kin ailon eo ao im melan ko ie
Eber im lok jiktok ikerele
kot iban bok hartu jonan an elap ippa
Ao emotlok rounni im lo ijen ion
ijen ebin joe a eankin
ijen jikin ao emotlok im ber im mad ie.
And here is the English translation, for those who can't read Marshallese:
No longer can I stay, it’s true.
No longer can I live in peace and harmony
No longer can I rest on my sleeping mat and pillow,
Because of my island and the life I once knew there
The thought is overwhelming
Rendering me helpless and in great despair.
...To all of my Marshallese listeners here: I give my sincerest apologies for what my country did to yours. It was completely uncalled for, and I may have been born long after the tests ended, but that doesn't mean I can't apologize.
This is Kitsune-chan, signing off.
uhm...
what?
Basically, Bikini Atoll is an island that had nuclear tests done on it by my country (the USA) and I have nothing but respect and sorrow for it.
woah
damnnn
yeah... it's sad, I know...
im learning bout it rn