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Guatamala's national anthem is called "Guatemala Feliz Que Tus Aras". The words were written by Jose Joaquin Palma,
and the music was composed by Rafael Alvarez Ovalle. It was adopted in 1897, and the words were slightly modified in 1934.
Below are the lyrics, first in Spanish, and then in English.
Spanish:
¡Guatemala feliz! que tus aras
no
profane jamás el verdugo
ni haya exclavos que laman el yugo
ni tiranos que escupan tu faz.
Si mañana
tu suelo sagrado
lo amenaza invasión extranjera,
libre al viento tu hermosa bandera
a vencer o a morir
llamará.
CHORUS
Libre al viento tu hermosa bandera
a vencer o a morir llamará
que tu pueblo
con ánima fiera
antes muerta que esclavo será.
English :
Fortunate Guatemala! May your altars
Never be profaned by cruel men.
May there never be slaves who submit to their yoke,
Or tyrants who
deride you.
If tomorrow your sacred soil
Should be threatened by foreign invasion,
Your fair flag,
flying freely in the wind,
Will call to you: Conquer or die.
CHORUS
Your fair flag, flying freely
in the wind,
Will call to you: Conquer or die;
For your people, with heart and soul,
Would prefer
death to slavery.
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