GUATEMALA
¡Guatemala feliz! que tus aras
CHORUS Libre al viento tu hermosa bandera
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TRANSLATION |
Fortunate Guatemala! May your altars Never be profaned by cruel men. May there never be slaves who submit to their yoke, Or tyrants who deride you. If tomorrow your sacred soil Should be threatened by foreign invasion, Your fair flag, flying freely in the wind, Will call to you: Conquer or die.
CHORUS Your fair flag, flying freely in the wind, Will call to you: Conquer or die; For your people, with heart and soul, Would prefer death to slavery.
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Adopted in 1896 and modified in 1934 There are four verses.
Words by JOSÉ JOAQUÍN PALMA (1844-1911) |