SPANISH LYRICS

Chorus (to follow the verses):
Dulce Patria, recibe los votos 
Con que Chile en tus aras juró 
Que o la tumba serás de los libres
O el asilo contra la opresión.
 
1. Ha cesado la lucha sangrienta;
Ya es hermano el que ayer invasor;
De tres siglos lavamos la afrenta 
Combatiendo en el campo de honor.
El que ayer doblegábase esclavo
Libre al fin y triunfante se ve;
Libertad es la herencia del bravo,
La Victoria se humilla a sus pies.

2. Alza, Chile, sin mancha la frente;
Conquistaste tu nombre en la lid; 
Siempre noble, constante y valiente
Te encontraron los hijos del Cid.
Que tus libres tranquilos coronen
A las artes, la industria y la paz, 
Y de triunfos cantares entonen
Que amedrenten al déspota audaz.

3. Vuestros nombres, valientes soldados, 
Que habéis sido de Chile el sostén,
Nuestros pechos los llevan grabados; 
Los sabrán nuestros hijos también.
Sean ellos el grito de muerte 
Que lancemos marchando a lidiar,
Y sonando en la boca del fuerte
Hagan siempre al tirano temblar.

4. Si pretende el cañón extranjero
Nuestros pueblos osado invadir;
Desnudemos al punto el acero 
Y sepamos vencer o morir.
Con su sangre el altivo araucano
Nos legó por herencia el valor;
Y no tiembla la espada en la mano 
Defendiendo de Chile el honor

5.* Puro, Chile, es tu cielo azulado,
Puras brisas te cruzan también,
Y tu campo de flores bordado 
Es la copia feliz del Edén.
Majestuosa es la blanca montaña
Que te dio por baluarte el Señor, 
Y ese mar que tranquilo te baña 
Te promete futuro esplendor.

6. Esas galas, ¡oh, Patria!, 
esas flores Que tapizan tu suelo feraz, 
No las pisen jamás invasores;
Con tu sombra las cubra la paz.
Nuestros pechos serán tu baluarte,
Con tu nombre sabremos vencer, 
O tu noble, glorioso estandarte,
Nos verá combatiendo caer.

[*Note:  The fifth verse and the chorus are the "official" lyrics of the anthem, and are what is translated below]

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ENGLISH TRANSLATION

5. Chile, your sky is a pure blue,
Pure breezes blow across you,
And your field, embroidered with lowers,
Is a happy copy of Eden.
Majestic is the snow-covered mountain
That was given to you by the Lord as a bastion,
That was given to you by the Lord as a bastion,
And the sea that tranquilly washes your shore
Promises future splendour for you,
And the sea that tranquilly washes your shore
Promises future splendour for you.

CHORUS:
Gentle homeland, accept the vows
Given, Chile, on your altars,
That you be either the tomb of the free
Or a refuge from oppression.


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Chile

Words by:Eusebio Lillo Robles
Music by:Ramón Carnicer y Battle
Adopted:1828 (music), 1847 (lyrics)

Chile's anthem is another example of a "Latin_American_epic_anthem", this one
having six verses, yet only the fifth verse and the chorus is deemed
"official".

Chile's first national anthem, commissioned by the government in 1819, was
composed by Manuel Robles and written by Bernardo de Vera y Pintado and was
first performed either later that year or the following year. Falling into
unpopularity by 1828, the government requested that Ramón Carnicer compose new
music for the anthem, using Bernardo de Vera's text. Then, in 1847, the
government ordered the young poet Eusebio Lillo to write a new text to
Carnicer's melody, to replace the original lyrics of de Vera y Pintado, which
contained violent references against Spain. While Lillo wrote new lyrics, he
kept the chorus from the original anthem. Today, the chorus and fifth verse of
Lillo's poem make up the official national anthem of Chile.

Following the coup d'etat by Augusto Pinochet in 1973, the military junta
dictated that two verses would be used along with the chorus: the fifth verse
was retained, and the third verse, which extolled Chile's army, was then added
as the second official verse. It was a common act of protest by detractors to
remain silent during the second verse. When democracy was restored in 1990, the
government removed the military verse and restored the anthem as it was before
the coup; today, supporters of the past military government still sing the
third verse.

MUSIC
