El Gran Carlemany

El Gran Carlemany

English: The Great Charlemagne
National anthem of Andorra
Lyrics	Enric Marfany Bons
Music	Joan Benlloch i Vivó
Adopted	1921

El Gran Carlemany (Catalan pronunciation: [əɫ ˈɣɾaŋ kərləˈmaɲ], Western Catalan: [eɫ ˈɣɾaŋ kaɾleˈmaɲ]; "The Great Charlemagne") is the national anthem of Andorra. Written by Enric Marfany Bons (1871–1942) and composed by Joan Benlloch i Vivó (1864–1926), it was adopted in 1921.

Lyrics

Catalan Lyrics

English Translation

El gran Carlemany, mon Pare dels alarbs em deslliurà, I del cel vida em donà de Meritxell, la gran Mare, Princesa nasquí i Pubilla entre dues nacions, neutral Sols resto l'única filla de l'imperi Carlemany. Creient i lliure onze segles, creient i lliure vull ser. Siguin els furs mos tutors i mos Prínceps defensors! I mos Princeps defensors!

The great Charlemagne, my Father, liberated me from the Saracens, And from heaven he gave me life from Meritxell, the great Mother. I was born a Princess, a Maiden neutral between two nations. I am the only remaining daughter of the Carolingian empire A believer and free for eleven centuries, a believer and free I want to be. Be the laws of the land my tutors, and my Princes my defenders! And my Princes my defenders!

External links

• General Council - The General Council of Andorra has a page about the National Anthem, with lyrics and sound files.
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