National Anthem of Peru

The "Himno Nacional del Perú" (National Anthem of Peru; also known as "Marcha Nacional del Perú", or National March of Peru; "Somos libres", or We are free!) is the national anthem of the Republic of Peru. The anthem was composed by José Bernardo Alcedo and its lyrics were written by José de la Torre Ugarte in 1821.

Spanish lyrics

Coro

Somos libres

seámoslo siempre, seámoslo siempre

y antes niegue sus luces

sus luces, ¡sus luces el Sol!

Que faltemos al voto solemne

que la patria al Eterno elevó,

Que faltemos al voto solemne

que la patria al Eterno elevó.

Que faltemos al voto solemne

que la patria al Eterno elevó.

Estrofa I

Largo tiempo el peruano oprimido

la ominosa cadena arrastró

condenado a una cruel servidumbre

largo tiempo, largo tiempo,

largo tiempo en silencio gimió.

Mas apenas el grito sagrado

¡Libertad! en sus costas se oyó

la indolencia de esclavo sacude

la humillada, la humillada,

la humillada cerviz levantó,

la humillada cerviz levantó, cerviz levantó...

Coro

Estrofa II

Y al estruendo de broncas cadenas

que escucharon tres siglos de horror,

de los libres al grito sagrado

que oyó atónito el mundo, cesó.

Por doquier San Martín inflamado,

libertad, libertad, pronunció,

y meciendo su base los Andes

la anunciaron, también, a una voz.

Estrofa III

Con su influjo los pueblos despiertan

y cual rayo corrió la opinión;

desde el istmo a las tierras del fuego,

desde el fuego a la helada región.

Todos juran romper el enlace

que Natura a ambos mundos negó,

y quebrar ese cetro que España

reclinaba orgullosa en los dos.

Estrofa IV

Lima cumple su voto solemne,

y, severa, su enojo mostró,

al tirano impotente lanzando,

que intentaba alargar su opresión.

A su esfuerzo saltaron los grillos

y los surcos que en sí reparó,

le atizaron el odio y venganza

que heredó de su Inca y Señor.

Estrofa V

Compatriotas, no más verla esclava.

Si humillada tres siglos gimió,

para siempre jurémosla libre,

manteniendo su propio esplendor.

Nuestros brazos, hasta hoy desarmados

estén siempre cebando el cañón,

que algún día las playas de Iberia

sentirán de su estruendo el terror.

Estrofa VI

Excitemos los celos de España

pues presiente con mengua y furor

que en concurso de grandes naciones

nuestra patria entrará en parangón.

En la lista que de éstas se forme

llenaremos primero el reglón

que el tirano ambicioso Iberino,

que la América toda asoló.

Estrofa VII

En su cima los Andes sostengan

la bandera o pendón bicolor,

que a los siglos anuncie el esfuerzo

que ser libres, que ser libres

que ser libres por siempre nos dio.

A su sombra vivamos tranquilos,

y al nacer por sus cumbres el Sol,

renovemos el gran juramento

que rendimos, que rendimos

que rendimos al Dios de Jacob,

que rendimos al Dios de Jacob, al Dios del Jacob...

Coro

English translation

Chorus

We are free!

May we always be so, may we always be so!

And may the Sun renounce its light,

its light, its light,

Before we break the solemn vow

which the homeland lifted up to the Eternal,

Before we break the solemn vow

which the homeland lifted up to the Eternal.

Before we break the solemn vow

which the homeland lifted up to the Eternal.

I

For a long time the oppressed Peruvian

the ominous chain he dragged

Condemned to a cruel servitude

for a long time, for a long time

for a long time he quietly moaned

But as soon as the sacred cry

Freedom! in its coasts was heard

the slaves' indolence shakes

the humiliated, the humiliated,

the humiliated neck raised up,

the humiliated neck raised up, neck raised up...

Chorus

II

Now the roar of rough chains

that we had heard for three centuries of horror

from the free, at the sacred cry

that the world heard astonished, ceased.

Everywhere the inflamed San Martín

"Freedom", "Freedom" he pronounced;

and the Andes, rocking their base,

announced it as well, in unison.

III

With its influx the peoples woke up,

and like lighting ran the opinion;

from the Isthmus to the Tierra del Fuego,

and from Tierra del Fuego to the icy regions.

Everyone vowed to break the link

that Nature denied to both worlds,

and break the sceptre that Spain

had reclined, proudly, on both.

IV

Lima fulfilled this solemn vow,

and, severe, its anger showed

by throwing out the powerless tyrant,

who had been trying to extend his oppression.

On its endeavor the shackles cracked,

and the furrows that it had repaired in itself

stirred up its hatred and vengeance,

inherited from its Inca and Lord.

V

Countrymen, may we see it a slave no more.

If for three centuries it moaned, humiliated,

forever may we swear it'd be free,

maintaining its own splendor.

Our arms, until today unarmed,

be they always readying the cannon,

that some day the beaches of Iberia

will feel the horror of its roar.

VI

May we arouse the jealousy of Spain

since it has a premonition, with want and furor,

that in a contest of great nations

our country will enter in comparison.

On the list formed by these

we shall fill the line first,

ahead of the ambitious Iberian tyrant,

who devastated all of America.

VII

On its summits may the Andes sustain

the two-color flag or standard,

may it announce to the centuries the effort

that being free, that being free

that being free gave us forever.

Under its shadow may we live calmly

and, at birth of the sun in its summits,

may we all renew the great oath

that we rendered, that we rendered

that we rendered to the God of Jacob,

that we rendered to the God of Jacob, the God of Jacob...

Chorus

Aymara translation

Coro

QUISPITATANUA WIÑAYAWIÑAYA WIÑAYA

WIÑAYAINTIJANAMPA NAIRACATA

YAMATANIYAMATANI YAMATANIMARCASARWA

PACHARU AUQUISARU MISTU YATARUGIWASAU

UCA PAQUIÑA SATAKI (BIS)

Estrofa

CUYUPACHARU PAMARU YAÑARU

IPALASARUCHUPIKANANKUTINPATACMARANSA

YAMANPIS DAYAÑANI

QUISPITIATANGUAQUISPITIATANGUA

QUISPITIATANGUAWIÑAYPA

PACHATAKIYIUMPANSU MA JU

JACIÑATAKIUKUTLAKI ZIÑA OCUPAYARI

INTISJASUNIMACHACCHAMANTI TAQUEI SA

PACÑACÑANIYUPAYCHAÑAÑI

YUPAYCHAÑAÑIYUPAYCHAÑAÑI YUPAYCHAÑAÑI

JACUTA TITUPARU (BIS)

¡AYAYA PERU !¡AYAYA !

Quechua translation

1974 version

Qhuchuntin

Qispisqañam kachkanchik

ñawpaq kananchik wiñaypaq,

ñawpaqtaraq pakachun

wach'inta Intinchik pakachun

Sayasunmi ñuqanchik chiqapta

Llaqtanchikmi wiñaypaq ruwasqa (3 kuti)

Yarayma

Achka watam piruwanu sarusqa,

qillay waskhata aysapurqan

kamallisqa millay kawsayriyman

achka watam,

unay watam

achka watam ch'inpi llakirqan

Chay chayllapim willka qaparimuy,

qispiriypi k'ancharikamun

rikch'ariymi llapapaq kamakun.

sarunchasqan, sarunchasqan

sarurchasqan qispiyta yallin

saruchasqan qispiyta yallin

qispiyta yallin

1985 version

Qhuchuntin

Qispichisqam kanchik wiñaypaq

Kananchik wiñaypaq

Ñawpaqtaqa k'anchanta pakachun

K'anchanta inti

Pisisun willkachasqa munayman

Hanaqchan llaqtanchismi wiñayman

Pisisun willkachasqa munayman

Hanaqchan llaqtanchis wiñayman

Yarayma

Llaqta runam unay wata mat'isqa

Takyachaqnin waskharta aysarqan

Wiñaychasqa usuy warma kaymanmi

Unay pachan unay pachan

Unay pachan phutikuq ch'inlla

Willka qapariynin ñak'aymanta

Qispiy qucha patapi uyarikun

Ñakay warmakayninta chhapchirispan

K'umuchisqa k'umuchisqa

K'umuchisqa mat'inta huqarin

Mat'inta huqarin

2017 version

Piruw Aylluskana Aylli

Qhuchuntin

Qishpishqam kantsik, imaypis kashun

Manaqa Rupaysi atsikyaamunqanatsu

Tsuya munallayta qunqariskishqa

Mamallaqta Qapapman pallarinqanta.

Suqta ñiqin yarayma

Umanchaw Antikuna pallariskiyaatsun

unanchata manaqa ishkay llinpi wapyata

pachak watakunata hinchiypaq willatsun.

Qishpishkayta wiñaypaq qumarantsik

qasi llantunchaw kawakushun nuqantsik

pinkushninkunapa Rupay yarqarimuptin

hatunlla huktsarkuyta kutiparillaashun

Hakuppa Apuyayanta willallanqantsikta.