March of the Malvinas

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The Marcha de las Malvinas (March of the Falklands) is a patriotic anthem of Argentina. It is sung in demonstrations to assert Argentina sovereignty claims over the Falkland Islands (Spanish: Islas Malvinas) and was prominently broadcast by the military government-controlled media during the Falklands War (Spanish: Guerra de las Malvinas/Guerra del Atlántico Sur). On March 3, 1948, it was performed by Argentina's National Symphony Orchestra.

The lyrics were written by the Argentine poet Carlos Obligado and the music was composed by José Tieri. They won a 1939 contest organised by the Junta de Recuperación de las Malvinas (Falklands Recovery Commission).

Spanish lyrics	English translation
¡Tras su manto de neblinas, no las hemos de olvidar! ¡Las Malvinas, argentinas! clama el viento y ruge el mar.	Behind their misty quilt we will not forget them! Argentine Falklands! cries out the wind and roars the sea.
Ni de aquellos horizontes Nuestra enseña han de arrancar, pues su blanco está en los montes Y en su azul se tiñe el mar.	From those horizons our ensign will not be ripped either as its white is on the hills and the sea is tinted on its blue
Por ausente, por vencido bajo extraño pabellón, ningún suelo más querido de la Patria en la extensión.	Absent and defeated under an alien banner, no land is more beloved on the whole Fatherland.
¿Quién nos habla aquí de olvido, de renuncia, de perdón? ¡Ningún suelo más querido de la Patria en la extensión!	Who is talking here of neglect, of renouncement, of forgiveness? no land is more beloved on the whole Fatherland
¡Rompa el manto de neblinas, como un sol, nuestro ideal; Las Malvinas, argentinas en dominio ya inmortal!	Do break the quilt of mist as a sun, ideal of ours; Argentine Falklands under an already immortal dominion!
Y ante el sol de nuestro emblema. Pura, nítida y triunfal, brille, ¡oh Patria!, en tu diadema la perdida perla austral.	And facing the sun of our flag, pure, distinct and victorious shalt it shine O Fatherland! in your crown the lost Southern pearl.
Coro ¡Para honor de nuestro emblema, para orgullo nacional, brille, ¡oh Patria!, en tu diadema la argentina perla austral!	Chorus To honor our flag, for the national pride, shalt it shine O Fatherland! in your crown the argentinian Southern pearl.