Himno Nacional de Guatemala 235412 214054285 2008-05-21T22:35:07Z Sciurinæ 142444 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/24.67.253.203|24.67.253.203]] ([[User talk:24.67.253.203|talk]]) to last version by VolkovBot {{Infobox anthem | title = Himno Nacional de Guatemala | english_title = National Anthem of Guatemala | image = | image_size = | border = | caption = | prefix = National | country = {{GTM}} | author = [[José Joaquín Palma]] | lyrics_date = | composer = [[Rafael Álvarez Ovalle]] | music_date = | adopted = 1896 | until = | sound = Guatemala.ogg | sound_title = National Anthem of Guatemala (instrumental) }} The '''[[national anthem]] of [[Guatemala]]''' was written by [[José Joaquín Palma]] ([[1844]]-[[1911]]) and composed by [[Rafael Álvarez Ovalle]]. The anthem was adopted in [[1896]] as the winning entry in a competition held by the government. In 1934 some parts were changed by [[José María Bonilla]]. The anthem is often erroneously "titled" ''Guatemala Feliz!'' from its opening lyrics, but the anthem has no official name and is only referred to in the country as ''Himno Nacional''. ==Spanish lyrics == :¡Guatemala feliz...! que tus aras :no profanen jamás el verdugo; :ni haya esclavos que laman el yugo :ni tiranos que escupan tu faz. :Si mañana tu suelo sagrado :lo amenaza invasión extranjera, :libre al viento tu hermosa bandera :a vencer o a morir llamará. :CHORUS: :Libre al viento tu hermosa bandera :a vencer o a morir llamará; :que tu pueblo con ánima fiera :antes muerto que esclavo será. :De tus viejas y duras cadenas :tu forjaste con mano iracunda :el arado que el suelo fecunda :y la espada que salva el honor. :Nuestros padres lucharon un día :encendidos en patrio ardimiento :y lograron sin choque sangriento :colocarte en un trono de amor. :CHORUS: :Y lograron sin choque sangriento :colocarte en un trono de amor, :que de Patria, en enérgico acento, :dieron vida al ideal redentor. :Es tu enseña pedazo de cielo :en que prende una nube su albura, :y ¡ay de aquel que con ciega locura, :sus colores pretenda manchar! :Pues tus hijos valientes y altivos, :que veneran la paz cual presea, :nunca esquivan la ruda pelea :si defienden su tierra y su hogar. :CHORUS: :Nunca esquivan la ruda pelea :si defienden su tierra y su hogar, :que es tan solo el honor su alma idea :y el altar de la Patria su altar. :Recostada en el Ande soberbio, :de dos mares al ruido sonoro, :bajo el ala de grana y de oro :te adormeces del bello quetzal. :Ave indiana que vive en tu escudo, :paladión que protege tu suelo; :¡ojalá que remonte su vuelo, :más que el cóndor y el águila real! :CHORUS: :¡Ojalá que remonte su vuelo, :más que el cóndor y el águila real, :y en sus alas levante hasta el cielo, :Guatemala, tu nombre inmortal! ==English translation== :Happy Guatemala, may your altar :Never be trampled by the tormentor :Nor should slaves lick the yoke :Nor should tyrants spit in your face :If tomorrow your sacred soil :Is threatened by foreign invasion :Free into the wind, your beautiful flag :To victory or death it will call :CHORUS :Free into the wind, your beautiful flag :To victory or death it will call :Since your people, with fiery soul :Will die before becoming slaves :From your old and hard chains :You forged, with an ire-driven hand, :The plow that fertilizes the soil :And the sword that saves honor. :Our fathers fought one day, :Lit up in patriotic burning :And they were able, without bloody clash, :To place you on a throne of love. :And they were able, without bloody clash, :To place you on a throne of love, :That our Nation, in energetic assent, :Gave life to the ideal redeemer. :Your emblem shows a piece of the sky :In which a cloud gets its whiteness :Wretched is he who dares in madness :stain your colors :Well, your brave and proud sons :who admire the peace within :will never avoid the rough battles :if they are to defend their land and their home. :CHORUS :They will never avoid the rough battles :if they are to defend their land and their home :that honor is the idea that reigns their souls :and the altar of the mother country their altar :Lying in the magnificent Ande :with two oceans at hearing distance :under the wing of seeds and gold :you become entranced from the beautiful quetzal :Native bird that lives in your seal :protector that protects your soil :hopefully he will fly high :more than the condor and the royal eagle! :CHORUS :Hopefully he will fly high :more than the condor and the royal eagle :and in his wings, raise up to the sky: :Guatemala, your immortal name! {{National Anthems of North America}} [[Category:National anthems]] [[Category:Guatemalan music]] [[Category:National symbols of Guatemala]] [[Category:Spanish-language songs]] [[bg:Химн на Гватемала]] [[de:Guatemala Feliz]] [[el:Guatemala Feliz]] [[es:Guatemala Feliz]] [[fr:Guatemala Feliz]] [[ko:과테말라의 국가]] [[jv:Guatemala Feliz]] [[nl:Guatemala Feliz]] [[pl:Hymn Gwatemali]] [[pt:Hino nacional da Guatemala]] [[ro:Guatemala Feliz]] [[fi:Guatemala Feliz]]