El National anthem of Peru It is considered one of its national symbols, along with its flag and National Shield.
The lyrics were composed by José de la Torre Ugarte and the music by José Bernardo Alcedo: being interpreted for the first time by Rosa Merino on September 23, 1821 in the presence of the liberator Don José de San Martín.
Today the chorus is considered the most significant part of the hymn, since, a great feeling of patriotism originates among Peruvians when singing "We are free, let us always be."
It is common that only the first stanza and the chorus are performed, but the hymn includes seven stanzas:
Chorus
We are free, let us always be
and before the sun denies its lights,
that we miss the solemn vow
that the country to the Eternal raised.
Verse I
Long time the oppressed Peruvian
the ominous chain dragged;
condemned to cruel servitude
long time in silence he groaned.
But just the sacred cry
Freedom! On its shores it was heard,
the indolence of a slave shakes,
the humiliated neck lifted.
Verse II
Already the roar of angry chains
that we hear three centuries of horror,
from the free to the sacred cry
that the world heard astonished, ceased.
Everywhere Saint Martin inflamed,
Freedom, freedom, he pronounced,
and rocking its base the Andes
they announced it, also with one voice.
Verse III
With its influence the peoples awaken
and what lightning ran the opinion;
from the isthmus to the lands of fire
from the fire to the frozen region.
They all swear to break the link
that nature denied both worlds,
and break that scepter that Spain,
she reclined proudly on both of them.
Stanza IV
Lima, fulfill that solemn vow,
and, severe, her anger showed,
the powerless tyrant throwing,
trying to lengthen his oppression.
At his effort the crickets sealed
and the grooves that he repaired in himself,
they stoked hatred and revenge
that he inherited from his Inca and Lord.
Verse V
Countrymen, no more seeing her a slave
if humiliated for three centuries she groaned,
forever let us swear her free
maintaining its own splendor.
Our arms, until today unarmed
are always priming the cannon,
that one day the beaches of Iberia
they will feel terror from its roar.
Verse VI
Let's excite the jealousy of Spain
Well, he senses with decline and fury
That in competition of great nations
Our homeland will be compared.
In the list that of these is formed
We will fill the line first
That the ambitious Iberian tyrant,
That the whole America devastated.
Stanza VII
At its peak the Andes hold
the bicolor flag or banner,
that to the centuries announce the effort
to be free, forever gave us.
In its shadow we live in peace,
and when the sun rises from its peaks,
let's renew the great oath
that we surrender to the God of Jacob.
Here is a video of the National Anthem of Peru performed by the UPAO Choir of Trujillo and Dolomiti di Trento of Italy:
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