Salve, Oh Patria

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"Salve, Oh Patria!" ("We Salute You, Our Homeland") is the national anthem of Ecuador. The lyrics were written in 1865 by the poet Juan León Mera, under request of the Ecuadorian Senate; the music was composed by Antonio Neumane. However, the anthem was not officially adopted by the Congress until September 29, 1948.

The anthem consists of a chorus and six verses, of which only the second verse and the chorus (before and after the verse) are sung.

[edit] Spanish lyrics

Coro

¡Salve, Oh Patria, mil veces! ¡Oh Patria,

gloria a ti! ¡Gloria a ti!

Ya tu pecho, tu pecho, rebosa

Gozo y paz ya tu pecho rebosa;

Y tu frente, tu frente radiosa

Más que el sol contemplamos lucir,

Y tu frente, tu frente radiosa

Más que el sol contemplamos lucir.

2da Estrofa

Los primeros los hijos del suelo

Que soberbio, el Pichincha decora

Te aclamaron por siempre señora

Y vertieron su sangre por ti.

Dios miró y aceptó el holocausto

Y esa sangre fue germen fecundo

De otros héroes que atónito el mundo

Vió en tu torno a millares surgir.

a millares surgir,

a millares surgir.

Coro

[edit] English translation

Chorus

O homeland, we greet you a thousand times!

Glory be to you, glory be to you!

Your breast, your breast overflows,

Joy and Peace from your breast overflow.

And your face, your radiant face,

We contemplate its brightness more than the sun,

And your face, your radiant face,

We contemplate its brightness more than the sun.

2nd verse

The worthy sons of the soil

Who magnificently adorned Pichincha,

They always declared you as their sovereign lady

And shed their blood for you.

God observed and accepted that sacrifice,

And this blood was the prolific seed

Of other heroes who amazed the world,

And in turn, of thousands arising around you.

Arising in thousands around you,

Arising in thousands around you.

Chorus

[edit] External links

National anthems of South America. List also includes micro-states not recognized by the United Nations. See List of national anthems for anthems of nations that no longer exist, or anthems that are no longer used.

National anthems of South America