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Colombia National Anthem Lyrics

Himno Nacional de la República de Colombia

Original lyrics and translation for the Colombia national anthem.

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Colombia Himno Nacional de la República de Colombia

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Language
Spanish
translation languages
20
Duration
2:41

¡Oh gloria inmarcesible!

Oh unfading glory!

¡Oh júbilo inmortal!

Oh immortal joy!

¡En surcos de dolores

In furrows of sorrow

El bien germina ya

Goodness is already sprouting

El bien germina ya.

Goodness is already sprouting.

¡Oh gloria inmarcesible!

Oh unfading glory!

¡Oh júbilo inmortal!

Oh immortal joy!

¡En surcos de dolores

In furrows of sorrow

El bien germina ya.

Goodness is already sprouting.

Cesó la horrible noche

The terrible night has ceased

La libertad sublime

Sublime freedom

Derrama las auroras

Pours forth the dawns

De su invencible luz.

Of its invincible light.

La humanidad entera,

All humanity,

Que entre cadenas gime,

That groans amid chains,

Comprende las palabras

Understands the words

Del que murió en la cruz

Of Him who died on the cross

“Independencia” grita

“Independence” cries out

El mundo americano:

The American world:

Se baña en sangre de héroes

It bathes in heroes’ blood

La tierra de Colón.

The land of Columbus.

Pero este gran principio:

But this great principle:

“El rey no es soberano”

“The king is not sovereign”

Resuena, Y los que sufren

Resounds, and those who suffer

Bendicen su pasión.

Bless his passion.

Del Orinoco el cauce

The course of the Orinoco

Se colma de despojos,

Is filled with remains,

De sangre y llanto un río

A river of blood and tears

Se mira allí correr.

Is seen flowing there.

En Bárbula no saben

In Bárbula they do not know

Las almas ni los ojos

Whether souls or eyes

Si admiración o espanto

Should feel admiration or terror,

Sentir o padecer.

Should feel or suffer.

A orillas del Caribe

On the shores of the Caribbean

Hambriento un pueblo lucha

A hungry people struggles,

Horrores prefiriendo

Preferring horrors

A pérfida salud.

To treacherous health.

iexcl;Oh, sí! de Cartagena

Oh yes! In Cartagena

La abnegación es mucha,

There is much self-sacrifice,

Y escombros de la muerte

And the ruins of death

desprecian su virtud.

Scorn their virtue.

De Boyacá en los campos

In the fields of Boyacá

El genio de la gloria

The genius of glory

Con cada espiga un héroe

Crowned each ear of grain

invicto coronó.

With an unconquered hero.

Soldados sin coraza

Soldiers without armor

Ganaron la victoria;

Won the victory;

Su varonil aliento

Their manly breath

De escudo les sirvió.

Served them as a shield.

Bolívar cruza el Ande

Bolívar crosses the Andes

Que riega dos océanos

That water two oceans,

Espadas cual centellas

Swords like lightning bolts

Fulguran en Junín.

Flash in Junín.

Centauros indomables

Untamable centaurs

Descienden a los llanos

Descend to the plains,

Y empieza a presentirse

And the end begins to be sensed

De la epopeya el fin.

Of the epic.

La trompa victoriosa

The victorious trumpet

Que en Ayacucho truena

That thunders in Ayacucho

En cada triunfo crece

Grows in every triumph

Su formidable son.

Its formidable sound.

En su expansivo empuje

In its expansive surge

La libertad se estrena,

Freedom is born anew,

Del cielo Americano

From the American sky

Formando un pabellón.

Forming a banner.

La Virgen sus cabellos

The Virgin tears out

Arranca en agonía

Her hair in agony

Y de su amor viuda

And, widowed of her love,

Los cuelga del ciprés.

Hangs it from the cypress.

Lamenta su esperanza

She laments her hope

Que cubre losa fría;

Covered by cold stone;

Pero glorioso orgullo

But glorious pride

circunda su alba tez.

Surrounds her dawn-like brow.

La Patria así se forma

Thus the homeland is formed

Termópilas brotando;

With Thermopylae springing forth;

Constelación de cíclopes

A constellation of cyclopes

Su noche iluminó;

Illuminated its night;

La flor estremecida

The trembling flower

Mortal el viento hallando

Finding the wind deadly

Debajo los laureles

Beneath the laurels

Seguridad buscó

Sought safety

Mas no es completa gloria

But it is not complete glory

Vencer en la batalla,

To win in battle,

Que al brazo que combate

For the arm that fights

Lo anima la verdad.

Is animated by truth.

La independencia sola

Independence alone

El gran clamor no acalla:

Does not silence the great cry:

Si el sol alumbra a todos

If the sun shines on all,

Justicia es libertad.

Justice is freedom.

Del hombre los derechos

Nariño, preaching

Nariño predicando,

The rights of man,

El alma de la lucha

Taught prophetically

Profético enseñó.

The soul of the struggle.

Ricaurte en San Mateo

Ricaurte at San Mateo

En átomos volando

Flying into atoms,

“Deber antes que vida”,

“Duty before life,”

Con llamas escribió.

He wrote with flames.

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