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Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Bilingual Pledges and National Anthem

On Spanish days we recite the US and TX pledges of allegiance in Spanish and (during certain assemblies) sing the National Anthem in Spanish.  Nuestro Himno is performed by a variety of artists and there are actually several slightly different versions--here's one:



Verso 1
Amanece, lo veis? a la luz de la aurora?
lo que tanto aclamamos la noche al caer?
sus estrellas sus franjas
flotaban ayer
en el fiero combate
en señal de victoria,
fulgor de lucha, al paso de la libertad.
Por la noche decían:
"Se va defendiendo!"

Coro
Oh decid! Despliega aún
Su hermosura estrellada
sobre tierra de libres,
la bandera sagrada?

Verso 2
Sus estrellas, sus franjas,
la libertad, somos iguales.
Somos hermanos. Es nuestro himno.
En el fiero combate en señal de victoria,
Fulgor de lucha
(Mi gente sigue luchando)
al paso de la libertad
(Ya es tiempo de romper las cadenas.)
Por la noche decían: "!Se va defendiendo!"
Oh decid! Despliega aún su hermosura estrellada
sobre tierra de libres,
la bandera sagrada?


English translation:

Verse 1
It's sunrise. Do you see by the light of the dawn
What we proudly hailed last nightfall?
Its stars, its stripes
yesterday streamed
above fierce combat
a symbol of victory
the glory of battle, the march toward liberty.
Throughout the night, they proclaimed: "We will defend it!"

Chorus
Tell me! Does its starry beauty still wave
above the land of the free,
the sacred flag?

Verse 2
Its stars, its stripes,
Liberty, we are the same.
We are brothers in our anthem.
In fierce combat, a symbol of victory
the glory of battle,
(My people fight on)
the march toward liberty.
(The time has come to break the chains.)
Throughout the night they proclaimed: "We will defend it!"
Tell me! Does its starry beauty still wave
above the land of the free,
the sacred flag?


Here are some images of the US and TX pledges in both English and Spanish.  You can purchase them from Guerra Publishing.



 

2 comments:

  1. Wow! Thank you for that video. And, I am very glad to have found your blog. That was beautiful, and I had never heard any version of the Spanish National anthem. I will be sharing this with my children in our efforts to become fluent in Spanish. Thanks again.

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  2. You're more than welcome...enjoy!

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