El Gran Carlemany

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El Gran Carlemany
English: The Great Charlemagne
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National anthem of
 Andorra

Lyrics Enric Marfany Bons
Music Joan Benlloch i Vivó
Adopted 1921
Music sample

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.[citation needed]

Lyrics[edit]

El Gran Carlemany (Catalan)
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 Prínceps defensors!
The Great Charlemagne (English translation)
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[edit]

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