- Caminemos pisando las sendas de nuestra inmensa felicidad
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Caminemos pisando las sendas de nuestra inmensa felicidad English: Let Us Tread the Path of our Immense Happiness
National anthem of
Equatorial Guinea
Lyrics Atanasio Ndongo Miyone Music Ramiro Sánchez Lopes Adopted 1968 Relinquished present Caminemos pisando las sendas de nuestra inmensa felicidad (Let Us Tread the Path of our Immense Happiness) is the national anthem of Equatorial Guinea.
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Composition and use
It was written by Atanasio Ndongo Miyone. [1] The music was composed by Ramiro Sánchez Lopes, who was a Spanish Lieutenant and the deputy director of music at the army headquarters located in Madrid.[1] He received a prize of 25,000 pesetas for composing the music.[1] The lyrics of the anthem were influenced by the end of Equatorial Guinea's colonization, with anti-colonization being a main theme.[1]
The anthem was first used on Equatorial Guinea's independence day, October 12, 1968, and has been in use ever since.[1]
Lyrics and translation
Caminemos pisando la senda Spanish lyrics French Translation Approximate translation Chorus Caminemos pisando la senda
De nuestra inmensa felicidad.
En fraternidad, sin separación,
¡Cantemos Libertad!Laissez-nous marcher sur le chemin
De notre immense bonheur,
Dans la fraternité, sans séparation,
Chantons la Liberté!Let us walk the path
Of our immense happiness,
In brotherhood, without separation,
Let us sing Liberty!First stanza Tras dos siglos de estar sometidos
Bajo la dominación colonial,
En fraterna unión, sin discriminar,
¡Cantemos Libertad!
¡Gritemos Viva, Libre Guinea,
Y defendamos nuestra Libertad.Après deux siècles d'être soumis
Pour la domination coloniale,
Dans l'union fraternelle, sans discrimination,
Chantons la Liberté!
Laissez-nous pleurer, Vive libre Guinée,
Et laissez-nous défendre notre libertéAfter two centuries of being subjected
To colonial domination,
In fraternal union, without discrimination,
Let us sing Liberty!
Let us cry, Long Live Free Guinea,
And let us defend our libertySecond stanza Cantemos siempre, Libre Guinea,
Y conservemos siempre la unidad.
¡Gritemos Viva, Libre Guinea,
Y defendamos nuestra Libertad.Laissez-nous pleurer Vive libre Guinée,
Et Restons toujours unis ..
Laissez-nous pleurer Vive libre Guinée,
Et laissez-nous défendre notre liberté.Let us cry Long live free Guinea,
And let us always remain united..
Let us cry Long live free Guinea,
And let us defend our liberty.Third stanza Cantemos siempre, Libre Guinea,
Y conservemos siempre la independencia nacional
Y conservemos, Y conservemos
La independencia nacional.Laissez-nous pleurer Vive libre Guinée,
Et laissez-nous toujours de conserver l'indépendance nationale
Et laissez-nous conserver, et laissez-nous à conserver,
L'indépendance nationale.Let us cry Long live free Guinea,
And let us always conserve national independence
And let us conserve, and let us conserve,
National independence.See also
- Atanasio Ndongo Miyone
External links
References
- ^ a b c d e Cusack, Igor. "African National Anthems: ‘Beat the Drums, the Red Lion Has Roared’1." Journal of African Cultural Studies 17.2 (2005): 235-51. JSTOR. Web. 30 Oct. 2010. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/4141312?seq=13&Search=yes&term=equatorial&list=show&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3Ffilter%3Diid%253A10.2307%252Fi388501%26Query%3Dequatorial%26x%3D0%26y%3D0%26wc%3Don%26acc%3Don&item=1&ttl=2&returnArticleService=showFullText&resultsServiceName=null>.
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