Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: Haɗin Majulah Singapura ya faru ne yayin turawa don samun 'yanci daga Burtaniya. Sa'ad da Singapore take ƙarƙashin mulkin mallaka na Britaniya, waƙar ƙasa ita ce "Allah Ya Tsare Sarki (ko Sarauniya)". A shekara ta 1951, an ba da mulkin mallaka matsayin birni ta hanyar kundin tsarin mulki daga Sarki George VI. A cikin 1958, Ong Pang Boon, Mataimakin Magajin Gida na Majalisar Birnin Singapore, ya kusanci Zubir Said, mai shirya waƙa da marubucin waƙa tare da Cathay-Keris Film Productions, don yin waƙar taken don ayyukan hukuma na Majalisar da ake kira Majulah Singapura (Malay don "A gaba Singapore"). An zaɓi wannan magana ne saboda taken da za a nuna a gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Victoria bayan gyare-gyarensa a shekarar 1958. Zubir ya ɗauki shekara guda don gama shirya kiɗa da kalmomin waƙar. A wata hira da aka yi da shi a shekara ta 1984, ya tuna abin da ya faru sa'ad da ya rubuta waƙar: "Abu mafi wuya shi ne waƙar ba ta da tsawo, saboda haka ina bukatar in rubuta dukan kalmomin.... [I]t dole ne ya zama mai sauqi qwarai, da za a iya fahimta ga dukan tsere a Singapore.... Na kuma tuntuɓi [sic] marubuci a cikin yaren Malay don in iya yin shi a cikin yaren Malay na gaskiya amma ba mai zurfi ba kuma ba mai wahala ba. " Da yake taƙaita falsafarsa yayin rubuta taken, Zubir ya ambaci karin maganar Malay "Di mana bumi dipijak, di situ langit dijunjung" ("Ya kamata ku riƙe sama na ƙasar da kuke zaune"). An fara yin wasan kwaikwayon da aka kammala a ranar 6 ga Satumba 1958 ta ƙungiyar Singapore Chamber Ensemble yayin babban wasan kide kide da wake-wake da aka shirya a gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Victoria don yin bikin sake buɗewa. A 1959, Singapore ta sami ikon cin gashin kai kuma an rushe Majalisar Birni. Gwamnati ta ji cewa waƙar ƙasa ta zama dole don haɗa kan jinsi daban-daban a Singapore. Mataimakin Firayim Minista Toh Chin Chye ya zaɓi waƙar Majalisar Birnin saboda ya riga ya shahara. A buƙatar Toh, Zubir ya gyara kalmomin da waƙar, kuma Majalisar Dokoki ta karɓi waƙar da aka gyara a ranar 11 ga Nuwamba, 1959. A ranar 30 ga Nuwamba, an zartar da Dokar Singapore State Arms da Flag da National Anthem Ordinance 1959 don tsara amfani da nunawa...  Tambaya: Wanene ya kasance dan siyasa a Singapore?
Ong Pang Boon