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El gran Carlemany, mon Pare dels alarbs me deslliurà,
The great Charlemagne, my Father, liberated me from the Saracens,
I del cel vida em donà de Meritxell, la gran Mare,
And from heaven he gave me life of Meritxell the great Mother.
Princesa nasquí i Pubilla entre dos nacions neutral
I was born a Princess, a Maiden neutral between two nations.
Sols resto lúnica filla de l’imperi Carlemany.
I am the only remaining daughter of the Carolingian empire
Creient i lluire onze segles, creient i lliure vull ser.
Believing and free for eleven centuries, believing and free I will be.
¡Siguin els furs mos tutors i mos Prínceps defensors!
The laws of the land be my tutors, and my defender Princes!
I mos Prínceps defensors!
And Princes my defender!