Chile/Himno Nacional

The Himno Nacional ("national anthem") of Chile is more usually referred to as the Canción Nacional ("national song"). It has a history of two lyrics and two melodies that made up three different versions.

The current lyrics are:

Puro, Chile, es tu cielo azulado

puras brisas te cruzan también.

Y tu campo, de flores bordado,

es la copia feliz del Edén.

Majestuosa es la blanca montaña

|:que te dio por baluarte el Señor :|

|:Y ese mar que tranquilo te baña,

te promete un futuro esplendor.:|

Dulce Patria, recibe los votos,

con que Chile en tus aras juró,

|:que o la tumba serás de los libres,

o el asilo contra la opresión :| (3 times)

|:o el asilo contra la opresión:|

an approximate translation is

Pure, Chile, is your blue sky,

pure breezes flow through you too.

And your fields, embroidered with flowers

are the happy copy of Eden.

Majestic is the white mountain

that the Lord gave you as bastion,

and that sea that bathes you tranquilly,

promises you future splendor.

Sweet fatherland, receive the vows

that Chile on your altars swore,

that either the tomb of the free people you will be

or the asylum against oppression.

(The tranlation is a bit too literal, if you can make it sound better in English, go ahead)