Brazilian National Anthem Lyrics
First Stanza
They heard, on placid shores of the Ipiranga river,
the resounding shout of a heroic folk
And the sun of Liberty in shining beams
shone in the homeland's sky at that instant
If the pledge of this equality
we managed to conquer with strong arm
In thy bosom, O Freedom,
our chest defies death itself!
O beloved,
idolized homeland,
Hail, hail!
Brazil, an intense dream, a vivid ray
of love and hope descends to earth
If in thy beautiful, smiling and limpid sky
the image of the (Southern) Cross blazes.
Giant by thine own nature
Thou art beautiful, strong, a fearless colossus
And thy future mirrors that greatness
Adored Land
Amongst thousand others
art thou, Brazil,
O beloved homeland
Of the sons of this ground
Thou art kind mother
Beloved homeland, Brazil
Second Stanza
Eternally lying on splendid cradle
to the sound of sea and under deep sky light
Thou flashest, Brazil, crocket of America,
illuminated by the sun of New World
Than the more garish land,
thy smiling, pretty prairies have more flowers
"Our groves have more life"
"Our life" in thy bosom "more loves" (*)
O beloved,
idolized homeland,
hail, hail!
Brazil, of eternal love be a symbol
the starred labarum which thou displayst
And say the laurel-green of this pennant
"Peace in the future and glory in the past"
But if thou raisest the strong mace of justice,
thou wilt see that a son of thine flees not from battle,
nor do those who love thee fear their own death
Adored Land
Amongst thousand others
art thou, Brazil,
O beloved homeland
Of the sons of this ground
thou art kind mother
Beloved homeland, Brazil