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Chorus:

Paraguayos, ¡República o Muerte!
nuestro brío nos dio libertad;
ni opresores, ni siervos alientan
donde reina unión e igualdad.

[Paraguayans: Republic or Death!

Our spirit gave us liberty

Neither opressors nor slaves exist

Where union and equality reign.]

I

A los pueblos de América, infausto
tres centurias un cetro oprimió,
mas un día soberbia surgiendo,
"¡Basta!" —dijo, y el cetro rompió.
Nuestros padres, lidiando grandiosos,
ilustraron su gloria marcial;
y trozada la augusta diadema,
enalzaron el gorro triunfal.

[The peoples of the Americas, unfortunately,

Were oppressed for three centuries by a scepter

Bt one magnificent day surging forth,

"Enough", it said, and broke the scepter.

Our fathers, grandiose in battle,

Showed their martial glory;

And after smashing the august diadem,

Raised the triumphal cap.]

II

Nueva Roma, la Patria ostentará
dos caudillos de nombre y valer,
que rivales —cual Rómulo y Remo—
dividieron gobierno y poder.
Largos años —cual Febo entre nubes—
viose oculta la perla del Sud.
Hoy un héroe grandioso aparece
realzando su gloria y virtud...

[A new Rome, the Fatherland shall proudly display

Two leaders of name and valor

Who, rivals, like Romulus and Remus

Divided government and power.

Long years, during which Phoebus in the clouds

Saw darken the pearl of the South,

Today a grand hero appears

Raising up again her glory and virtue...]

III

Con aplauso la Europa y el Mundo
la saludan, y aclaman también;
de heroísmo: baluarte invencible,
de riquezas: magnífico Edén.
Cuando entorno rugió la Discordia
que otros Pueblos fatal devoró,
paraguayos, el suelo sagrado
con sus alas un ángel cubrió.

[Europe and the world salute her with applause

And also acclaim

Invincible bastion of heroism,

Magnificent Eden of riches.

(But) when discord rumbled all around

Which fatally devoured other Peoples,

Paraguayans, the sacred ground

Was covered by an angel with its wings.]

IV

¡Oh! cuán pura, de lauro ceñida,
dulce Patria te ostentas así
En tu enseña se ven los colores
del zafiro, diamante y rubí.
En tu escudo que el sol ilumina,
bajo el gorro se mira el león.
Doble imagen de fuertes y libres,
y de glorias, recuerdo y blasón.

[Oh, how pure, of laurel girded

Sweet Fatherland, in this manner you show yourself.

In your ensign one sees the colors

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In your coat of arms, which the Sun illuminates,

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Double image of the strong and the free,

And of glories, the memory and crest.]

V

De la tumba del vil feudalismo
se alza libre la Patria deidad;
opresores, ¡doblad rodilla!,
compatriotas, ¡el Himno entonad!
Suene el grito: "¡República o muerte!",
nuestros pechos lo exhalen con fe,
y sus ecos repitan los montes
cual gigantes poniéndose en pie.

[From the tomb of vile feudalismThis page relates to medieval Europe. Compare feudal Japan at the entry Tokugawa shogunate''. Feudalism comes from the Late Latin word feudum itself borrowed from a Germanic root fehu a commonly used term in the Middle Ages which means fief, or land held

The national Deity rises free;

Oppressors, bend your knees!

Compatriots, entone the hymn!

Sound the cry, "Republic or death"!

Our breasts exhale it with faith,

And the mountains repeat its echoes

Like giants arising.]

VI

Libertad y justicia defiende
nuestra Patria; tiranos, ¡oíd!:
de sus fueros la carta sagrada
su heroísmo sustenta en la lid.
Contra el mundo, si el mundo se opone,
Si intentare su prenda insultar,
batallando vengar la sabremos
o abrazo con ella expirar.

[Our Fatherland defends liberty and justice;

Tyrants: listen!

The laws in its sacred charter

Will sustain its heroism in the fight.

Against the world, if the world opposes it,

If the world dares to insult her security,

Battling to avenge we shall know her

Or die embracing her.]

VII

Alza, oh Pueblo, tu espada esplendente
que fulmina destellos de Dios,
no hay más medio que libre o esclavo
y un abismo divide a los dos.
En las auras el Himno resuene,
repitiendo con eco triunfal:
¡a los libres perínclita gloria!,
¡a la Patria laurel inmortal!

[Arise, oh People, your splendid sword

That strikes with sparkles of God,

There is no middle ground between free or slave

And an abyss divides the two.

In the gentle breezes the Hymn resounds,

Repeating with triumphal echo:

For the free, renowned glory!

For the Fatherland, immortal laurel!]