SPANISH LYRICS

Salve a ti Nicaragua en tu suelo,
Ya no ruge la voz del cañón
Ni se tiñe con sangre de hermanos
Tu glorioso pendón bicolor,
Ni se tiñe con sangre de hermanos
Tu glorioso pendón bicolor.
Brille hermosa la paz en tu cielo,
Nada empane tu gloria in mortal
Que el trabajo es tu digno laurel
Y el honor es tu enseña triunfal,
es tu enseña triumfal.

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ENGLISH TRANSLATION
 
Hail to you, Nicaragua.
The cannon's voice no longer roars,
Nor does the blood of our brothers
Stain your glorious bicoloured flag.
Nor does the blood of our brothers
Stain your glorious bicoloured flag.
Peace shines in beauty in your skies,
Nothing dims your immortal glory,
For work is what earns your laurels
And honour is your triumphal ensign.


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Nicaragua
"Salve a ti, Nicaragua" (Hail to You, Nicaragua)

Words by:Salomón Ibarra Mayorga
Music by:traditional (arranged by Luis Abraham Delgadillo)
Adopted:1918 (music), 1939 (lyrics)

The melody of the anthem goes back to the 1700s as a liturgical anthem in
Spain. It was brought to Nicaragua shortly before independence in the early
19th century, and was used as the first official anthem, between 1835 and 1837.
The national anthem was changed three times since then, until in 1918, the
people demanded a stable national anthem. It was decided to bring back the
original anthem, and Luis Abraham Delgadillo, a Nicaraguan composer who studied
in Milan, was chosen to arrange the anthem.

As a result of a government contest, new words were composed for the anthem.
The only requirements for the lyrics was that there would have to be two verses
only, the subject must be about peace and work (since Nicaragua just came out
of several revolutions), and that the words must fit the music. The winning
lyrics were revised in 1939 and adopted by the government that year.

MUSIC
