Argentina National Anthem Lyrics And Meaning In English Explained

Argentina National Anthem Lyrics And Meaning In English Explained

FIFA World Cup 2022 Qatar; Everything you need to know about Argentina national anthem, know its lyrics and meaning

The 2022 FIFA World Cup is finally coming to a conclusion, with only four nations remaining in the coveted competition. This World Cup was both the first and the last for many stars. Argentina and Croatia will face off in the tournament’s first semi-final match. The game is scheduled for Wednesday, December 14 at 12:30 a.m. (IST).

Argentina National Anthem Lyrics And Meaning In English 

Argentina has been the firm favourite to win this World Cup, and most of the viewers watching this prestigious competition are also rooting for Argentina. It will be an incredible opportunity for Lionel Messi and his teammates to win the trophy for the third time. With that said, let’s learn about Argentina’s national anthem.

Argentina’s national anthem lyrics and meaning 

Since Argentina’s first game in the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Argentine supporters have been enthusiastically supporting for their side to demonstrate how much the people of Argentina love this beautiful game. Argentina’s passionate fans can also sing their national song around the stadium.

The Spanish composer Blas Parera wrote the music for the Argentine national anthem, or “Himno Nacional Argentino,” which is how its people refer to it. Vicente Lopez y Planes wrote the lyrics. On May 11, 1813, today known as “Anthem Day” in Argentina, the composition, whose main topic is independence, was formally accepted as the nation’s anthem. However, a regulation issued in 1900 said that the anthem should be condensed to simply the first and last lines. Argentina’s national song is sung in two versions: original and modern.

Original Version

 Lyrics English translation

Oíd, mortales, el grito sagrado:
Libertad, libertad, libertad.
Oíd el ruido de rotas cadenas,
Ved en trono a la noble igualdad.
Se levanta a la faz de la Tierra
una nueva y gloriosa Nación,
coronada su sien de laureles,
y a sus plantas rendido un león.

Coro
Sean eternos los laureles,
que supimos conseguir.
Coronados de gloria vivamos…
o juremos con gloria morir.

De los nuevos campeones los rostros
Marte mismo parece animar
la grandeza se anida en sus pechos:
a su marcha todo hacen temblar.
Se conmueven del Inca las tumbas,
y en sus huesos revive el ardor,
lo que va renovando a sus hijos
de la Patria el antiguo esplendor.

Pero sierras y muros se sienten
retumbar con horrible fragor:
todo el país se conturba por gritos
de venganza, de guerra y furor.
En los fieros tiranos la envidia
escupió su pestífera hiel;
su estandarte sangriento levantan
provocando a la lid más cruel.

¿No los véis sobre México y Quito
arrojarse con saña tenaz
y cuál lloran, bañados en sangre,
Potosí, Cochabamba y La Paz?
¿No los véis sobre el triste Caracas
luto y llantos y muerte esparcir?
¿No los véis devorando cual fieras
todo pueblo que logran rendir?

A vosotros se atreve, argentinos,
el orgullo del vil invasor;
vuestros campos ya pisa contando
tantas glorias hollar vencedor.
Más los bravos, que unidos juraron
su feliz libertad sostener,
a estos tigres sedientos de sangre
fuertes pechos sabrán oponer.

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El valiente argentino a las armas
corre ardiendo con brío y valor,
el clarín de la guerra, cual trueno,
en los campos del Sud resonó.
Buenos Ayres se opone a la frente
de los pueblos de la ínclita unión,
y con brazos robustos desgarran
al ibérico altivo león.

San José, San Lorenzo, Suipacha,
ambas Piedras, Salta y Tucumán,
La Colonia y las mismas murallas
del tirano en la Banda Oriental.
Son letreros eternos que dicen:
aquí el brazo argentino triunfó,
aquí el fiero opresor de la Patria
su cerviz orgullosa dobló.

La victoria al guerrero argentino
con sus alas brillante cubrió,
y azorado a su vista el tirano
con infamia a la fuga se dio.
Sus banderas, sus armas se rinden
por trofeos a la libertad,
y sobre alas de gloria alza el pueblo
trono digno a su gran majestad.

Desde un polo hasta el otro resuena
de la fama el sonoro clarín,
y de América el nombre enseñando
les repite: “¡Mortales, oíd!:
ya su trono dignísimo abrieron
las Provincias Unidas del Sud”.
Y los libres del mundo responden:
“Al gran pueblo argentino, ¡salud!

Sean eternos los laureles
que supimos conseguir.
Coronados de gloria vivamos…
¡o juremos con gloria morir!

Mortals! Hear the sacred cry:
Freedom, freedom, freedom!
Hear the noise of broken chains,
see noble Equality enthroned.
Rises to the heights of the Earth
a new and glorious nation,
its head crowned with laurels,
and at her feet lying a Lion.

Chorus
May the laurels be eternal,
that we knew how to win.
Let us live crowned with glory…
or swear to die gloriously.

From the new Champions their faces
Mars himself seems to encourage
Greatness nestles in their bodies:
at their march they make everything tremble.
The dead Inca are shaken,
and in their bones the ardour revives
which renews their children
of the Motherland the ancient splendour.

Mountain ranges and walls are felt
to resound with horrible din:
the whole country is disturbed by cries
of revenge, of war and rage.
In the fiery tyrants the envy
spit the pestipherous bile;
their bloody standard they rise
provoking the most cruel combat.

Don’t you see them over Mexico and Quito
throwing themselves with tenacious viciousness?
And who they cry, bathed in blood,
Potosí, Cochabamba and La Paz?
Don’t you see them over sad Caracas
spreading mourning and weeping?
Don’t you see them devouring as wild animals
all people who surrender to them?

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To you it dares, Argentinians,
the pride of the vile invader;
your fields it steps on, retelling
so many glories as winner.
But the brave ones, that united swore
their merry freedom to sustain,
to those blood-thirsty tigers
bold breasts they will know to oppose.

The valiant Argentinian to arms
runs burning with determination and bravery,
the war bugler, as thunder,
in the fields of the South resounds.
Buenos Ayres opposes, leading
the people of the illustrious Union,
and with robust arms they tear
the arrogant Iberian lion.

San José, San Lorenzo, Suipacha,
both Piedras, Salta and Tucumán,
La Colonia and the same walls
of the tyrant in the Banda Oriental.
They are eternal signboards they say:
here the Argentinian arm found triumph,
here the fierce oppressor of the Motherland
his proud cervix bent.

Victory to the Argentine warrior
covered with its brilliant wings,
and embarrassed at this view the tyrant
with infamy took to flight.
Its flags, its arms surrender
as trophies to freedom,
and above wings of glory the people rise
the worthy throne of their great majesty.

From one pole to the other resounds
the fame of the sonorous bugler,
and of America the name showing
they repeat “Mortals, hear:
The United Provinces of the South
have now displayed their most honorable throne”.
And the free people of the world reply:
“We salute the great people of Argentina!”

May the laurels be eternal,
that we knew how to win.
Let us live crowned with glory…
or swear to die gloriously!

 

Modern Version

Lyrics English translation

Oíd, mortales, el grito sagrado:
“¡Libertad, libertad, libertad!”
Oíd el ruido de rotas cadenas,
ved en trono a la noble igualdad.
Ya su trono dignísimo abrieron
las Provincias Unidas del Sud
y los libres del mundo responden:
“Al gran pueblo argentino, ¡salud!
Al gran pueblo argentino, ¡salud!”
Y los libres del mundo responden:
“Al gran pueblo argentino, ¡salud!”

Estribillo
Sean eternos los laureles
que supimos conseguir,
que supimos conseguir.
Coronados de gloria vivamos…
¡o juremos con gloria morir!,
¡o juremos con gloria morir!,
¡o juremos con gloria morir!

Hear mortals, the sacred cry:
“Liberty, liberty, liberty!”
Hear the noise of broken chains,
see enthroned the noble Equality.
To his dignified throne open

the United Provinces of the South
And the free people of the world reply:
“To the great Argentinian people, salute!”
“To the great Argentinian people, salute!”
And the free people of the world reply:
“To the great Argentinian people, salute!”

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Chorus
May the laurels be eternal
that we knew how to win,
that we knew how to win.
Let us live crowned with glory…
or swear with glory to die!
Or swear with glory to die!
Or swear with glory to die!

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