"La Espero" is a poem written by Polish-Jewish doctor L. L. Zamenhof, the initiator of the Esperanto language. The song is often used as the (unofficial) anthem of Esperanto, and is now usually sung to a triumphal march composed by Félicien Menu de Ménil in 1909. It is sometimes referred to as the hymn of the Esperanto movement.

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Inception: 1909

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