CATALAN LYRICS

El gran Carlemany, mon Pare dels alarbs em deslliurà,
I del cel vida em donà de Meritxell, la gran Mare,
Princesa nasquí i Pubilla entre dues nacions neutral
Sols resto lúnica filla de l'imperi Carlemany.
Creient i lluire onze segles, creient i lliure vull ser.
¡Siguin els furs mos tutors i mos Prínceps defensors!
I mos Princeps defensors!

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ENGLISH TRANSLATION
 
The great Charlemagne, my Father, liberated me from the Saracens,
And from heaven he gave me life of Meritxell the great Mother.
I was born a Princess, a Maiden neutral between two nations.
I am the only remaining daughter of the Carolingian empire
Believing and free for eleven centuries, believing and free I will be.
The laws of the land be my tutors, and my defender Princes!
And Princes my defender!

 


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Andorra
"El Gran Carlemany" (The Great Charlemagne)

Words by:Joan Benlloch i Vivó
Music by:Enric Marfany Bons
Adopted:1914

One of my favourite anthems, "El Gran Carelmany" presents the nation's history
in a first-person narrative. The anthem was officially adopted on September 8,
1914, the anniversary date of the feast of the Maiden of Meritxell, the patron
saint of Andorra.

Special thanks to:Patrick Andries for a slight correction in this information.
