"Salve, Oh Patria!" ("We Salute You, Our Homeland") is the national anthem of Ecuador. The author of the lyrics, Juan Leon Mera , later served as president of the Ecuadorian Senate . The song was composed by Antonio Neumane . The anthem was officially adopted in 1886.

Spanish lyrics

CORO:

Salve, Oh Patria, mil veces!

¡Oh Patria, Gloria a ti ! Gloria a ti!

Ya tu pecho, tu pecho, rebosa

Gozo y paz ya tu pecho rebosa;

Y tu frente, tu frente radiosa

Más que el sol contemplamos lucir,

Y tu frente, tu frente radiosa

Más que el sol contemplamos lucir.

Los primeros los hijos del suelo

Que soberbio, el Pichincha decora

Te aclamaron por siempre señora

Y vertieron su sangre por ti.

Dios miró y a ceptó el holocausto

Y esa sangre fue germen fecundo

De otros héroes que atónito el mundo

Vió en tu torno a millares surgir.

a millares surgir,

a millares surgir.

English translation

CHORUS:

O homeland, we greet you a thousand times!

Glory be to you, O homeland, glory be to you!

Your breast overflows with joy and peace,

And we see your radiant face shining

More brightly than the sun.

The worthy sons of the soil

Which Pichincha on high is adorning,

Always acclaimed you as sovereign lady

And shed their blood for you.

God observed and accepted the sacrifice,

And that blood was the prolific seed

Of other heroes whom the world in astonishment saw

Arising in thousands around you.

External link

• MIDI File