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El Gran Carlemany

 
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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 (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 àrabs 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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