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Salve, Oh Patria

Salve, Oh Patria! (We Salute You Our Homeland) is the national anthem of Ecuador. The author of the lyrics, Juan Leon Mera, later served as president of the Ecuadoran Senate. The song was composed by Antonio Neumane. The anthem was officially adopted in 1886.

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1 Spanish lyrics
2 External link

Spanish lyrics

CHORUS:
Salve, Oh Patria, mil veces!
¡Oh Patria, Gloria a ti ! Gloria a ti!
Ya tu pecho, tu pecho, rebosa
Gozo y paz ya tu pecho rebosa;
Y tu frente, tu frente radiosa
Más que el sol contemplamos lucir,
Y tu frente, tu frente radiosa
Más que el sol contemplamos lucir.

Los primeros los hijos del suelo
Que soberbio, el Pichincha decora
Te aclamaron por siempre señora
Y vertieron su sangre por ti.
Dios miró y a ceptó el holocausto
Y esa sangre fue germen fecundo
De otros héroes que atónito el mundo
Vió en tu torno a millares surgir.
a millares surgir,
a millares surgir.

English translation

CHORUS:
O homeland, we greet you a thousand times!
Glory be to you, O homeland, glory be to you!
Your breast overflows with joy and peace,
And we see your radiant face shining
More brightly than the sun.

The worthy sons of the soil
Which Pichincha on high is adorning,
Always acclaimed you as sovereign lady
And shed their blood for you.
God observed and accepted the sacrifice,
And that blood was the prolific seed
Of other heroes whom the world in astonishment saw
Arising in thousands around you.

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