The Chamorro lyrics for the official commonwealth anthem of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) were jointly written by brothers Jose[1] and Joaquin[citation needed] Pangelinan, presumably around the time after the Second World War had ended.

The Carolinian lyrics for the CNMI's commonwealth anthem were written by David Kapileo Peter "Taulamwaar"[2] the day before the signing of the Covenant in 1976.

David Marciano assisted with parts of the Carolinian version of the lyrics, and his contributions were incorporated before being sang for the first time on the day that the Covenant with the United States of America was signed.

Vicente "Kilili" Sablan Sr., former mayor of the Northern Mariana Islands capital, Saipan, assisted by translating the lyrics into English and Japanese.

[citation needed] During the First Constitutional Convention, a resolution was introduced to compel the new government to proclaim the song as the official anthem of the soon-to-be-created Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

[8] Coincidentally, the national anthem of the neighboring Federated States of Micronesia is derived from a 19th-century German song.

Chorus: 𝄆 A thousand times and more I will honor and salute you Beautiful islands of the Marianas Glory be to you 𝄇