BASQUE LYRICS

Gora ta Gora Euskadi
Aintza ta Aintza
Bere Goiko Jaun Onari

Areitz bat Bizkaian da
Zar, sendo, zindo
Bera ta bera lagia lakua,
Areitz Gainean dogu
Gurutza deuna
Beti geure Goiburu

Abestu Gora Euskadi
Aintza ta aintza
Bere goiko jaun onari

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ENGLISH TRANSLATION

Up and up Euskadi
Glory and Glory
To it's good Good Lord of the Highness

There is an Oak tree in Biscay
As Old, strong and loyal
As the laws that it represents
Over the oak we hqve the Holly cross
Allways our motto

Lets sing Up and up Euskadi
Glory and Glory
To it's Good Lord of the Highness

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Basque Country

Music by:traditional, arranged by Cleto Zabala
Adopted:1905 (with lyrics), abolished 1939, restored 1983 (without lyrics)

The anthem lyrics were written by Sabino de Arana y Goiri while he was in
prison (May-November 1902). The text was created to be sung with the music of
the old dance ezpata-dantza (dance of spades). A few years later, the Basque
musician Cleto Zabala arranged the music making some changes to the original
music, creating the present music. In 1905 the Basque National Party declared
the anthem as the Basque National Anthem. The first Basque Government created
during the Spanish war (1936-1939) approved it officialy as Anthem (music and
lyrics).

After 1939 with the fascist dictatorship in Spain the anthem was forbidden. In
1983, several years after the end of dictatorship and when the Basque Autonomy
was re-established, the Basque Parliament approved the anthem, but only the
