E Depois Do Adeus

"E Depois do Adeus" (Galactic Standard: "And After The Farewell") is the national anthem of the Mairan Star Empire. The lyrics are a modification of the ancient Terran ballad of the same name, written by Paulo de Carvalho. It was personally selected as the national anthem by Floriano Marques-Abreu upon the foundation of the Mairan Star Empire, chosen for both its melancholic lyrics and an ironic inversion of its historical role in the 1974 Carnation Revolution and ending the Portuguese colonial empire.

It would first play on October 1st, 1 IE, immediately following Floriano I's speech declaring the commencement of the Mairan Star Empire. While the original context of the lyrics reflects the melancholy of a relationship's end, its status as a national anthem comes to embody the grief of separation of the Mairan people from their Earthly cradle, the pursuit of greater meaning in the stellar expanse, the carrying the Lusospheric cultural and societal legacy, rebirth of historied ideals and traditions, and hope for Mankind's future.