PORTUGUESE LYRICS

Ouviram do Ipiranga às margens plácidas
De um povo heróico o brado retumbante,
E o sol da liberdade, em raios fúlgidos,
Brilhou no céu da Pátrianesse instante, 

Se o penhor dessa igualdade
Conseguimos conquistar com braço forte,
Em teu seio, ó, Liberdade,
Desafia o nosso peito a própria morte! 

Ó Pátria amada, Idolatrada, Salve! Salve! 

Brasil, um sonho intenso, um raio vívido,
De amor e de esperança à terra desce,
Se em teu formoso céu, risonho e límpido,
A imagem do Cruzeiro resplandece. 

Gigante pela própria natureza,
És belo, és forte, impávido colosso,
E o teu futuro espelha essa grandeza, 

CHORUS:
Terra adorada, Entre outras mil, És tu, Brasil,
Ó Pátria amada! Dos filhos deste solo és mãe gentil,
Pátria amada, Brasil!

2. Deitado eternamente em berço esplêndido,
ao som do mar e à luz do céu profundo,
Fulguras, ó Brasil, florão da América,
Iluminado ao sol do novo mundo! 

Do que a terra mais garrida
Teus risonhos lindos campos tem mais flores,
"Nossos bosques tem mais vida"
"Nossa vida" no teu seio "mais amores" 

Ó Pátria amada, Idolatrada, Salve! Salve! 

Brasil, de amor eterno seja símbolo
O lábaro que ostentas estrelado,
E diga o verde-louro dessa flâmula
"Paz no futuro e glória no passado." 

Mas se ergues da justiça a clava forte,
Verás que um filho teu não foge à luta,
Nem teme, quem te adora, a própria morte, 

CHORUS

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ENGLISH TRANSLATION
 
The Ypiranga's placid banks heard 
The resounding shouting of a heroic people.
And the sun of freedom, in bright rays,
Shone at this moment in the homeland's skies.
As the promise of this equality
Was secured by our strong arms,
In your bosom, O Freedom,
We are ready to die.

O beloved, idolized homeland, hail, hail!
Brazil, a vivid dream, a lively ray
Of love and hope settles on the earth,
As in your beautiful sky, smiling and limpid,
The image of the Southern Cross shines resplendent.
A giant by nature, you are beautiful,
Strong, an intrepid colossus,
And your future mirrors this grandeur.

CHORUS:
O land we adore, among a thousand others
You are the beloved one.
You are the gentle mother of the sons of this land,
Beloved homeland, Brazil!

2. Eternally laid in a splendid cradle,
To the sound of the sea and the light from the depths of the sky,
Brazil, you gleam, fleuron of the Americas,
Illuminated by the sun of the New World.
Your smiling, lovely fields have more flowers
Than the most attractive land elsewhere,
Our forests have more life,
Our life in your bosom more love.

O beloved, idolized homeland, hail, hail!
Brazil, may you have as eternal symbol
The starry banner you display,
And may the green laurel of this pennant speak
Of peace in the future and glory in the past.
But if you raise a strong cudgel in the name of justice,
You will see that a son of yours does not run from a fight,
Nor does one who adores you fear death.

CHORUS


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Brazil

Words by:Joaquim Osório Duque Estrada
Music by:Francisco Manoel da Silva
Adopted:1890 (melody), 1922 (lyrics)

Brazil's anthem was originally composed in 1822 (the year of independence) and
first performed in 1831. During the imperial period (1822-1889) and for the
first few years of the republican period thereafter, the anthem was performed
without words. After becoming a republic in 1889, it was often suggested among
the republican groups in the country that a new anthem should be adopted, as
the current anthem was composed during the imperial era, yet the anthem that
had been in use ws declared official on January 20, 1890. The anthem was still
without official words, and each state started adopting their own words to the
anthem. In 1906, it was brought forward that lyrics for the anthem should be
written, and in 1909 a poem by Joaquim Osório Duque Estrada was composed.
However it wasn't until 1922, for the 100th anniversary of independence, that
Osório Duque Estrada's poem was adopted, with several changes to the text.

Brazil, like many other "federalist" nations, have regions that have their own
anthems as well.

Special thanks to:Pedro Aguiar and Nelson Brito Moreira for some of this
information and to Ricardo Amigo for a slight correction in the translation.
