CHORUS

Tu bandera, tu bandera

Es un lampo de cielo

Por un bloque, por un bloque

De nieve cruzado;

Y se ven en su fondo sagrado

Cinco estrellas de pálido azul;

En tu emblema que mar rumoroso

Con sus ondas bravías escuda,

De un volcán, de un volcán

Tras la cima desnuda

Hay un astro, hay un astro

De nítida luz.

India, virgen y hermosa dormías

De tus mares al canto sonoro,

Cuando echada en tus cuencas de oro

El audaz navegante te halló;

Y al mirar tu belleza extasiado

Al influjo ideal de tu encanto,

La orla azul de tu espléndido manto

Con su beso de amor consagró.

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Por guardar ese emblema divino,

Marcharemos Oh Patria a la muerte,

Generosa será nuestra suerte,

Si morimos pensando en tu amor.

Defendiendo tu santa bandera

Y en tus pliegues gloriosos cubiertos,

Serán muchos, Oh Honduras tus muertos,

Pero todos caerán con honor.

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TRANSLATION

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Your flag is a splendour of sky

Crossed with a band of snow;

And there can be seen, in its sacred depths,

Five pale blue stars.

In your emblem, which a rough sea

With its wild waves protects,

Behind the bare summit of a volcano,

A star brightly shines.

Like an Indian maiden you have were sleeping,

Lulled by the resonant song of your seas,

When, set in your golden valleys,

The bold navigator found you;

And on seeing, enraptured, your beauty,

And feeling your enchantment,

He dedicated a kiss of love to the blue hem

of your splendid mantle.

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To guard this sacred emblem

We shall march, oh fatherland, to our death;

Our death will be honoured

If we die thinking of your love.

Having defended your holy flag,

And shrouded in its glorious folds,

Many, Honduras, shall die for you,

But shall fall in honour.

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Adopted in 1915

There are six verses.

Words by AUGUSTO CONSTANCIO COELLO (1883-1941)