Much has been said about the Spanish nati0nal anthem.
It may come as a surprise to many that it was not simply translated…it was re-written. See if it sounds like the Saturday ball game to you.
Note verse two. It is time to “break the chains” indeed.
I wondered for a while if we could expect to see a new or additional national flag soon, then I realized that it already exists. [1]
The Americans’ turn comes in November.
Verse 1
It’s sunrise. Do you see by the light of the dawn
What we proudly hailed last nightfall?
Its stars, its stripes
yesterday streamed
above fierce combat
a symbol of victory
the glory of battle, the march toward liberty.
Throughout the night, they proclaimed: “We will defend it!”
Chorus
Tell me! Does its starry beauty still wave
above the land of the free,
the sacred flag?
Verse 2
Its stars, its stripes,
liberty, we are equals.
We are brothers in our anthem.
In fierce combat, a symbol of victory
the glory of battle,
(My people fight on)
the march toward liberty.
(The time has come to break the chains.)
Throughout the night they proclaimed: “We will defend it!”
Tell me! Does its starry beauty still wave
above the land of the free,
the sacred flag?