Bolivian National Anthem (1851)
Bolivianos, el hado propicio - Bolivians a most favorable Destiny
Words from José Ignacio de Sanjinés. Music by Leopoldo Benedetto Vincenti
Bolivianos el hado propicio
corono nuestros votos y anhelo
es ya libre, ya libre este suelo,
ya ceso su servil condición.
Al estruendo marcial que ayer fuera
y al clamor de la guerra horroroso,
siguen hoy en contraste armonioso
dulces himnos de paz y de unión.
Siguen hoy en contraste armonioso
dulces himnos de paz y de unión.
Estribillo*
Loor eterno a los bravos guerreros,
cuyo heroico valor y firmeza,
conquistaron las glorias que empieza
hoy Bolivia feliz a gozar.
Que sus nombres el mármol y el bronce
a remotas edades transmitan
y en sonoros cantares repitan:
Libertad, Libertad, Libertad!
Y en sonoros cantares repitan:
Libertad, Libertad, Libertad!
Estribillo*
Aqui alzo la justicia su trono
que la vil opresión desconoce,
y en su timbre glorioso legose
Libertad, Libertad, Libertad!
Esta tierra inocente y hermosa,
que a debido a Bolivar su nombre,
es la patria feliz donde el hombre
goza el bien de la dicha y la paz.
Es la patria feliz donde el hombre
goza el bien de la dicha y la paz.
Estribillo*
Si extranjero poder algun dia
sojuzgar a Bolivia intentare,
al destino fatal se prepare
que amenaza a soberbio agresor.
Que los hijos del grande Bolívar
han ya mil y mil veces jurado:
morir antes que ver humillado
de la Patria el augusto pendón.
Morir antes que ver humillado
de la Patria el augusto pendón.
* Estribillo
De la Patria, el alto nombre
en glorioso esplendor conservemos
y en sus aras de nuevo juremos
morir antes que esclavos vivir!
Morir antes que esclavos vivir!
Morir antes que esclavos vivir!
Bolivians, a most favorable destiny
Has crowned our vows and longings;
This land is free, free at last,
Its servile state has now ceased.
The martial turmoil of yesterday
And the horrible clamor of war,
Are followed today, in harmonious contrast,
By sweet hymns of peace and unity.
Are followed today, in harmonious contrast,
By sweet hymns of peace and unity.
Chorus*
Eternal praise to the brave warriors,
Whose heroic valor and firmness,
Conquered the glories that now
A happy Bolivia begins to enjoy.
Let their names, preserved forever in marble and bronze,
Transmit their glory to remote future ages
And in resounding song let them repeat:
Freedom! Freedom! Freedom!
And in resounding song let them repeat:
Freedom! Freedom! Freedom!
Chorus*
Here has Justice erected its Throne
Which vile oppression ignores,
And, on its glorious stamp let us rejoice
Freedom! Freedom! Freedom!
This innocent and beautiful land,
Which owes its name to Bolivar,
Is the happy homeland where men
Enjoy the benefits of good fortune and peace.
Is the happy homeland where men
Enjoy the benefits of good fortune and peace.
Chorus*
If a foreign country may, any given day
Even attempt to subjugate Bolivia,
Let him prepare for a fatal destiny,
Which menaces such brave aggressor.
For the sons of the mighty Bolívar
Have sworn, thousands upon thousands of times:
To die rather than see the country's
Majestic banner humiliated.
To die rather than see the country's
Majestic banner humiliated.
* Chorus
We have kept the lofty name of our country
In glorious splendor,
And on its altars we once more swear
To die, rather than live as slaves!
To die, rather than live as slaves!
To die, rather than live as slaves!