Ecuador National Anthem

[Chorus] Hail, Oh Homeland, a thousand times! Oh Homeland, glory to you! Your breast, your breast overflows With joy and peace, and your radiant brow We behold shining brighter than the sun. Your children, indignant at the yoke That Iberian audacity imposed upon you, Of the unjust and horrendous disgrace That weighed fatally upon you, Raised a holy voice to the heavens, A voice of noble and unmatched oath, To avenge you of the bloody monster, To break that servile yoke. [Chorus] The first were the children of the land That, proud, Pichincha adorns; They acclaimed you forever as their sovereign And shed their blood for you. God looked and accepted the sacrifice, And that blood was a fertile seed Of other heroes that, astonished, the world Saw arise by the thousands around you. [Chorus] Before the iron arm of those heroes Nothing on earth was invincible; And from the valley to the highest sierra The roar of the fight was heard; After the fight, victory flew, Freedom came after the triumph, And the destroyed lion was heard Roaring in impotence and spite. [Chorus] Spanish fierceness finally yielded, And today, oh Homeland, your free existence Is the noble and magnificent heritage That happy heroism gave us; From paternal hands we received it, Let no one try to snatch it from us now, Nor foolishly or boldly try To excite our vengeful wrath against themselves. [Chorus] Let no one, oh Homeland, attempt it. The shadows Of your glorious heroes watch us, And the valor and pride they inspire Are a guarantee of triumphs for you. Let a thousand come, from your war hymns, A thousand scorn of the rough throng, For they gave their offering in steel And knew how to die for their faith. [Chorus]