I was wondering what is a good song for the occasion. Probably, Līvi - Dzimtā valoda (Native/ Mother Tongue).

The lyrics are by Moldovan poet Grigore Vieru and translated by Latvian poet Imants Ziedonis.

I looked around for the original poem in English and found this:

Everybody giggles In the same old language, Everybody whimpers In the same old tongue.

Yet only in your language Are words that give you comfort, And only in your language Is joy the path to song.

You feel you miss your mother In only it - your language. And dinner's like no other In only it - your language. It's only in your language That you can laugh alone. And only it, your language Can stop your sobbing moan.

And when the weeping ceases, And even laughter ends, When nothing's left that eases, No singing, no amends, With endless skies before you And ending earth behind, You learn the words of silence Your tongue is sure to find.