Guatemala is one of the countries of Central America that follows
Representative democracy. Representative democracy is the principle opposed by
Democracy. It is the democracy in which
the officials are elected by certain group of people, but not by all the
people.
El Salvador is the most densely populated country in Central
America, where as Guatemala is the most populated country in the Central American
continent. Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción is the capital city of Guatemala.
This city is also called Guatemala City.
The country flourished with Mayan civilization before the
Spanish took the control of ruling. However, Guatemala became independent from
Spain on 15th September, 1821. Though Guatemala became independent
in 1821, the National Anthem of Guatemala was adopted in 1896.
"Guatemala Feliz!" is the initial phrase of the
National Anthem of Guatemala. José Joaquín Palma is the lyricist of National
Anthem of Guatemala. However, the words of the anthem were later modified by Jose
Maria Bonilla Ruano. The tune for the National Anthem of Guatemala was given by
Rafael Álvarez Ovalle for the original version itself. The National Anthem of
Guatemala was framed in Spanish, as it is the most spoken language of
Guatemala.
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National Anthem of
Guatemala in Traditional Spanish:
¡Guatemala feliz...! que tus aras
no profane jamás el verdugo;
ni haya esclavos 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.
Libre al viento tu hermosa bandera
a vencer o a morir llamará;
que tu pueblo con ánima fiera
antes muerto que esclavo será.
De tus viejas y duras cadenas
tu forjaste con mano iracunda
el arado que el suelo fecunda
y la espada que salva el honor.
Nuestros padres lucharon un día
encendidos en patrio ardimiento
y lograron sin choque sangriento
colocarte en un trono de amor.
Y lograron sin choque sangriento
colocarte en un trono de amor,
que de Patria, en enérgico acento,
dieron vida al ideal redentor.
Es tu enseña pedazo de cielo
en que prende una nube su albura,
y ¡ay de aquel que con ciega locura,
sus colores pretenda manchar!
Pues tus hijos valientes y altivos,
que veneran la paz cual presea,
nunca esquivan la ruda pelea
si defienden su tierra y su hogar.
Nunca esquivan la ruda pelea
si defienden su tierra y su hogar,
que es tan solo el honor su alma idea
y el altar de la Patria su altar.
Recostada en el Ande soberbio,
de dos mares al ruido sonoro,
bajo el ala de grana y de oro
te adormeces del bello quetzal.
Ave Indiana que vive en tu escudo,
paladión que protege tu suelo;
¡ojalá que remonte su vuelo,
más que el cóndor y el águila real!
¡Ojalá que remonte su vuelo,
más que el cóndor y el águila real,
y en sus alas levante hasta el cielo,
Guatemala, tu nombre inmortal!
National Anthem of
Guatemala in English:
Glad (joyful) Guatemala! May your altar
Never be trampled by the hangman
Slaves cannot lick the yoke
Tyrants cannot spit on your face
If tomorrow your sacred soil
By foreign invasion is threatened
Free in the wind, your beautiful flag
For victory or death, he summoned
Free in the wind, your beautiful flag
For victory or death, he summoned
Thy people shall be with the soul of fire
die before being enslaved.
From your old and hard chains
You wrought with anger driven hand
The plough that fertilizes the soil
And the sword of honour economy.
Our fathers fought one day
Lit patriotic combustion
And they succeeded, without bloody clash,
To put you on a throne of love.
And they realized, without bloody clash,
To put you on a throne of love,
And our nation, in agreement energetic sign,
Gave life to redeeming ideal.
Your logo is a piece of heaven
Which a cloud gets its whiteness
And woe to anyone who dares in blind madness
your spot colours!
For your children, brave and zealous
who love peace as a great treasure
will never avoid the rough battle
to defend their land and their homes.
They will never avoid the rough battle
to defend their land and their homes
and the altar of the country,
their altar.
Lying on the proud Ande,
two oceans, hear its sound,
in gold and crimson wing of the beautiful quetzal
turn you into a trance.
Native bird that lives in your seal
protect your soil
It fly high
more than the Andean condor and the royal eagle!
It fly high
more than the cathartid and the royal eagle
And its wings, it can raise to the sky
Guatemala, name, immortal!
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