Paraguay National Anthem

Himno Nacional Paraguayo

Paraguayan National Anthem

Written 1846

Adopted 1846

Lyrics Francisco Acuña de Figueroa

Music Francisco Jose Debali (disputed)

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Key Facts

1. A 2025 law (Law 7427) requires every educational institution in the country to sing the anthem at least once a week
2. The full text has seven stanzas and a chorus, and the music opens with an instrumental introduction, but usually only the first stanza and the chorus are sung
3. The anthem also has an official Guarani version by Reinaldo Decoud Larrosa, approved by the Ministry of Education and Sciences in 2019, reflecting the country's official bilingualism

Paraguay National Anthem Lyrics

A los pueblos de América, infausto, Tres centurias un cetro oprimió, Mas un día soberbia surgiendo, ¡Basta!... dijo, y el cetro rompió. Nuestros padres, lidiando grandiosos, Ilustraron su gloria marcial; Y trozada la augusta diadema, Enalzaron el gorro triunfal. [Coro] Paraguayos, ¡República o Muerte! Nuestro brío nos dio libertad; Ni opresores, ni siervos alientan, Donde reinan unión, e igualdad.

Translations are non-official and intended to convey meaning, not replace originals

Analysis

Editorial

The words were written by the Uruguayan poet Francisco Acuña de Figueroa, who also wrote the Uruguayan anthem, and reached Asunción on 20 May 1846, the date now celebrated as National Anthem Day. The composer is uncertain: the music is attributed to Francisco José Debali, though some credit Francisco Sauvageot de Dupuis, and the version in use today, reconstructed by Remberto Giménez, was declared authentic in 1934. The anthem celebrates Paraguay's independence from Spain, achieved in 1811.