Lesotho Fatse La Bontata Rona

" () is the national anthem of Lesotho. The lyrics were written by François Coillard, a French missionary, and the music is taken from an 1820 hymnal composed by Ferdinand-Samuel Laur. It has been used as the national anthem since the 1960s. The original composition the national anthem was based on had four verses though only the first and last ones ended up being adopted.
History.
The original lyrics to " were written by François Coillard, a French missionary, set to the tune of the 1820 hymnal "Freiheit" () by Ferdinand-Samuel Laur. The first and last verses of the composition were adopted by Lesotho's first independent government as a national anthem. It was used as the national anthem from 1967 onward.