Lyrics | Rafael Núñez, 1887 |
Music | Oreste Sindici, 1887 |
Adopted | 1920 |
Spanish lyrics | English Translation |
CORO | CHORUS |
¡Oh, gloria inmarcesible!
¡Oh, júbilo inmortal! |
Oh, unfading glory! Oh, inmortal joy! In furrows of pain, the good now germinates. (Repeat) ((Repeat all)) |
I | I |
Cesó la horrible noche.
La libertad sublime |
The fearful night has ceased. Sublime Liberty shines forth the dawning of its invincible light. All of mankind, moaning in chains, understands the words of the one who died on the cross. |
II | II |
"¡Independencia!", grita
el mundo americano. |
"Independence!" cries the American world; The land of Columbus. Is bathed in heroes' blood. But this great beginning; "The king is not sovereign", resounds, and those who suffer bless their passion. |
III | III |
Del Orinoco el cauce se colma de despojos, |
The Orinoco's bed Is heaped with plunder, The river runs With blood and weeping. In Bárbula neither soul nor eyes, know whether to feel shock or to suffer fright. |
IV | IV |
A orillas del Caribe, hambriento un pueblo lucha, |
On the shores of the Caribbean, the famished people fight, choosing the horrors over fickle health. O, aye! for Cartagena heavy is the hardship, but her virtue disdains death's rubble. |
V | V |
De Boyacá en los campos
el genio de la gloria, |
From Boyacá in the fields, the genius of glory, for every ear a hero undefeated crowned. Soldiers without breastplate won victory; their virile breath as shield served. |
VI | VI |
Bolívar cruza el Ande que riegan dos océanos, |
Bolívar crosses the Andes that two oceans bathe, swords as sparks shine in Junín. Untameable centaurs descend to the plains, and a prescience begins to be felt, the epic' end has come. |
VII | VII |
La trompa victoriosa
en Ayacucho truena, |
The victorious trumpet in Ayacucho loudly thunders, that in every triumph grows its formidable sound. In its expansive thrust Liberty is worn for the first time, from the American sky a pavilion forming up. |
VIII | VIII |
La virgen sus cabellos
arranca en agonía |
In agony, the Virgin Tears out her hair, and bereft of her love, leaves it to hang on a cypress. Regretting her hope is covered by a cold headstone, but glorious pride hallows her fair skin. |
IX | IX |
La patria así se forma, termópilas brotando; |
Thus the motherland is formed, Thermopylaes are breaking forth; constellation of cyclops its night brightened. The trembling flower finding the wind mortal, underneath the laurels its safety sought. |
X | X |
Mas no es completa gloria vencer en la batalla, |
But it's not complete glory to defeat in battle, that the arm that fights is encouraged by truth. For independence alone The great clamour doesn't silence; if the sun illuminates everyone, justice is liberty. |
XI | XI |
Del hombre los derechos
Nariño predicando, |
From men the rights Nariño's preaching, the soul of struggle was prophetically taught. When Ricaurte in San Mateo, in atoms flying, "Duty before life," with flames he wrote. |
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