God Bless Fiji
"God Bless Fiji" is the national anthem of Fiji. It is called "Meda Dau Doka" in Fijian and "Bhagavaan Fiji ko Aasheervaad Den" in Fiji Hindi. The lyrics were written by Michael Francis Alexander Prescott to the tune of the hymn "Dwelling in Beulah Land" by Charles Austin Miles, and the music was adapted by Viliame Bale, Superintendent and Director of Music in the Royal Fiji Police Band. The anthem was adopted upon independence from the United Kingdom in 1970.
Lyrics
The anthem's English version is usually sung. The English and Fijian lyrics are not translations of each other and have very little in common.In August 2008, the draft version of the People's Charter for Change, Peace and Progress, a government document intended to supplement the Constitution and reconcile ethnic and linguistic divides, suggested that the national anthem should be in the country's three main languages: Fijian, Hindi and English. The Charter later served as the basis for the 2013 Constitution of Fiji.