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Gothmog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-01-06 02:42 PM
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Spanish version of Star Spangled Banner on State Department website
I heard about this on the radio and it took me two minutes to find it. Here is a version of the Star Spangled Banner in Spanish from the US State Department website. http://usinfo.state.gov/esp/home/topics/us_society_values/national_symbols/anthem_spanish.html

Himno nacional - La Bandera de Estrellas

Amanece: ¿no veis, a la luz de la aurora,
Lo que tanto aclamamos la noche al caer?
Sus estrellas, sus barras flotaban ayer
En el fiero combate en señal de victoria,
Fulgor de cohetes, de bombas estruendo,
Por la noche decían: "!Se va defendiendo!"

Coro:
!Oh, decid! ¿Despliega aún su hermosura estrellada,
Sobre tierra de libres, la bandera sagrada?


En la costa lejana que apenas blanquea,
Donde yace nublada la hueste feroz
Sobre aquel precipicio que elévase atroz
¡Oh, decidme! ¿Qué es eso que en la brisa ondea?
Se oculta y flamea, en el alba luciendo,
Reflejada en la mar, donde va resplandeciendo

Coro:
!Aún allí desplegó su hermosura estrellada,
Sobre tierra de libres, la bandera sagrada!

¡Oh así sea siempre, en lealtad defendamos
Nuestra tierra natal contra el torpe invasor!
A Dios quien nos dio paz, libertad y honor,
Nos mantuvo nación, con fervor bendigamos.
Nuestra causa es el bien, y por eso triunfamos.
Siempre fue nuestro lema "¡En Dios confiamos!"

Coro:
!Y desplegará su hermosura estrellada,
Sobre tierra de libres, la bandera sagrada!

(Versión en español de Francis Haffkine Snow. Copyright 1919)

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It is okay to have this on the US State Department website but not okay for it to be played on the radio?
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derby378 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-01-06 02:47 PM
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1. I have no problem at all with our National Anthem en Español
My problem with Nuestro Himno is largely one of aesthetics, especially if that British producer tinkered with the lyrics. But the lyrics you posted above sound just fine to me.
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