Socialist Party of Manchuria

Mae wawr newydd" (English: A bright new dawn!) is the of the Falklandic People's Socialist Republic. Its lyrics where written by Falklandic communist Talfryn Russell during the Falklands War as a protest poem against the Argentine occupation of the Falklands. In 1982 upon independence the Falklands used the  as an anthem. In 1995 the politburo passed law using the lyrics of Russell's  poem, setting them to a slightly altered tune of , the anthem of the former  much to the irritation of some German communists and victims of the East German regime.

The anthem is played at official events for the Falklands such as sporting matches. It is often sung either in Welsh or English - two separate versions of the lyrics exist.

Welsh lyrics

 * Deffro, gweithwyr o gwsg,
 * Cast oddi ar eich cadwyni,
 * I gyhoeddi rhyddid i'n cenedl y Falklands!


 * Cenllysg ein gwlad gweithwyr,
 * Mae hynny'n rhad ac am ddim.
 * Mae'r bobl wedi codi,
 * I gasglu mewn undod,
 * I wawr newydd!

English literal translation

 * Awake, workers from slumber,
 * Cast off your chains,
 * To proclaim liberty to our nation the Falklands!


 * Hail our workers country,
 * That is free.
 * The people have risen,
 * To gather in unity,
 * To a new dawn!

English lyrics

 * From their slumber workers awake,
 * So their chains may be broken,
 * That they can build up their nation,
 * Our nation, our Falklands!


 * Praise be to our workers fair lands,
 * Lands that can enjoy freedom.
 * So our people shall now gather,
 * United as one nation,
 * To a bright new dawn!
 * To a bright new dawn!