| Lyrics: | I
The peaceful banks of the Ipiranga
Heard the resounding cry of an heroic people,
And
the dazzling rays of the sun of Liberty
Bathed our country in their brilliant light.
If with
strong arm we have succeeded
In winning a pledge of equality,
In thy bosom, O
Liberty,
Our hearts will defy death itself!
O adored Fatherland,
Cherished and
revered,
All hail! All Hail!
Brazil, a dream sublime, vivid ray of love and hope to earth
descends,
Where in your clear, pure, beauteous skies
The image of the Southern Cross shines
forth.
O country vast by nature,
Fair and strong, brave and colossus,
Thy future mirrors
this thy greatness.
O land adored
Above all others,
'Tis thee Brazil,
Beloved
Fatherland!
Thou art the gentle mother of the children of this soil,
Beloved
land,
Brazil!
II
Laid out eternally in the splendor of nature,
In the sound of the
sea and the light of heaven,
may thou shine, O Brazil, flower of America,
Illumined by the
sun of the New World!
More flowers put forth in thy fair, smiling fields
Than the in the
most gorgeously reputed lands; |
