Allah Lanjutkan Usia Sultan

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Allah Lanjutkan Usia Sultan is the state anthem of Perak, Malaysia.

The state anthem was created when during a state visit of Sultan Idris of Perak to England in 1888, it was noticed that no anthem existed to greet the Sultan. The ADC of the Sultan, Raja Kamaralzaman ibni Raja Mansur, didn't dare to tell that no anthem exists and so instead hummed a song he knew from the Seychelles, a melody originally written by Pierre Jean de Beranger. After he told the Sultan about it, he accepted the song as the anthem. The lyrics were written by Raja Ngah Manur bin Raja Abdullah.

In 1957 the national anthem of Malaysia, the Negaraku, was selected to use the same melody.

Lyrics

Dilanjutkan Allah usianya Sultan

Adil dan murah memerintah watan

Ditaati rakyat kiri dan kanan

Iman yang soleh Allah kurniakan

Allah berkati Perak Ridzuan

Allah selamatkan Negeri dan Sultan

Roughly translated, it means:

May Allah grant our Sultan with a long life

Who rules our peoples justly and kindly

Served by our loyal society

May Allah bless us with pure and noble souls

May Allah bless Perak Darul Ridzuan

Allah save the State and the Sultan