The Guam Hymn 'Fanoghe Chamorro'
and 'pledge' Inifresi at ns.gov.gu

The Guam Hymn, composed by Dr. Ramon M. Sablan, is hereby adopted as the official territorial anthem, and the Chamorro version by Lagrimas Untalan and the English version by Dr. Sablan are hereby officially adopted as follows:

"FANOHGE CHAMORRO Verse 1: FANOHGE CHAMORRO PUT IT TANO'-TA KANTA I MATUNA-NA GI TODU I LUGAT PARA I ONRA, PARA I GLORIA ABIBA I ISLA SINPARAT. PARA I ONRA, PARA I GLORIA ABIBA I ISLA SINPARAT. Verse 2: TODU I TIEMPO I PAS PARA HITA YAN GINEN I LANGET NA BENDISION KONTRA I PILIGRU NA'FANSAFO" HAM YU'OS PRUTEHI I ISLAN GUAM KONTRA I PILIGRU NA'FANSAFO" HAM YU'OS PRUTEHI I ISLAN GUAM."

"GUAM HYMN Verse 1: STAND YE GUAMANIANS FOR YOUR COUNTRY AND SING HER PRAISE FROM SHORE TO SHORE FOR HER HONOR, FOR HER GLORY EXALT OUR ISLAND FOREVER MORE. FOR HER HONOR, FOR HER GLORY EXALT OUR ISLAND FOREVER MORE. Verse 2: MAY EVERLASTING PEACE REIGN O'ER US MAY HEAVEN'S BLESSING TO US COME AGAINST ALL PERILS, DO NOT FORSAKE US GOD PROTECT OUR ISLE OF GUAM AGAINST ALL PERILS, DO NOT FORSAKE US GOD PROTECT OUR ISLE OF GUAM."

The composition of the Guam Hymn was greatly influenced by the socio-cultural and political history of pre-WWII Guam. It was a time when Guam nationals were administered by Naval Governors and the speaking and writing of the Chamorro Language was discouraged. As early as 1901 and subsequently numerous attempts thereafter, the Chamorro people petitioned to be granted citizenship rights. The Organic Act of Guam, signed by President Truman on August 1, 1950, is the federal law which granted Guam with a limited form of self-government, citizenship and transferred federal oversight from the Dept of the Navy to the U.S. Department of Interior. It also clarified Guam's political status as that of an unincorporated territory of the United States of America.

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