PORTUGUESE LYRICS

Sol, suor e o verde e mar,
Séculos de dor e esperança:
Esta é a terra dos nossos avós!
Fruto das nosas mãos,
Da flôr do nosso sangue:
Esta é a nossa pátria amada.

CHORUS:
Viva a pátria gloriosa!
Floriu nos céus a bandeira da luta.
Avante, contra o jugo estrangeiro!
Nós vamos construir
Na patria immortal
A paz e o progresso!
Nós vamos construir
Na patria immortal
A paz e o progresso! paz e o progresso!

Ramos do mesmo tronco,
Olhos na mesma luz:
Esta é a força da nossa união!
Cantem o mar e a terra
A madrugada eo sol
Que a nossa luta fecundou.

CHORUS

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ENGLISH TRANSLATION
 
Sun, sweat, verdure and sea,
Centuries of pain and hope;
This is the land of our ancestors.
Fruit of our hands,
Of the flower of our blood:
This is our beloved country.

CHORUS:
Long live our glorious country!
The banner of our struggle
Has fluttered in the skies.
Forward, against the foreign yoke!
We are going to build
Peace and progress
In our immortal country!
Peace and progress
In our immortal country!

Branches of the same trunk,
Eyes in the same light;
This is the force of our unity!
The sea and the land,
The dawn and the sun are singing
That our struggle has borne fruit!

CHORUS


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Guinea-Bissau
"Esta é a Nossa Pátria Bem Amada" (This Is Our Beloved Country)

Words by:Amilcar Lopes Cabral
Music by:Xiao He
Adopted:1974

In 1963, a delegation from Portugese Guinea (as it was then known, as a
Portugese colony) visited China. After hearing a song composed by Xiao He, one
of the independentist politicians in attendance, Amilcar Lopes Cabral, said
that he would like that composer to compose a similar song to inspire the
people of Portugese Guinea to strive for independence. Using African music as
his inspiration, Xiao He composed the music, which became the anthem of Guinea-
Bissau upon 1974 independence.

Since Cabral's organization included both Portugese Guinea andCape_Verde, the
anthem was also adopted by Cape Verde when their independence was achieved a
year later. The two nations even proposed to merge, but this merger dissolved
before it was realized, and a few decades later, Cape Verde subsequently
adopted its own anthem.

MUSIC
