Hino nacional dos Estados Unidos
Hino nacional dos Estados Unidos, pais conhecido pela origem como colônia da Inglaterra e seu status de potência econômica e militar desde o final da segunda guerra mundial.
Letra
Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's lasted gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight, O 'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming. And the rockets` red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. Oh, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
On the shore dimly seen, through the mists of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses? Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam, In fully glory reflected, now shines on the stream: 'Tis the star-spangled banner: oh, long may it wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
And where is that band who so vauntingly swore That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion A home and a country should leave us no more? Their blood has vanished out their foul footstep's pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave: And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
Oh, thus be it ever when freemen shall stand. Between their loved home and the war's desolation! Blest with victory and peace, may the heaven-rescued land Praise the Power that has made and preserved us a nation. Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just. And this be our motto: "In God is our trust". And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
Tradução
Oh, diga, você vê, pelas primeiras luzes do amanhecer O que tão orgulhosamente nos cintila por último ao crepúsculo? De quem faixas largas e estrelas luminosas, pela briga perigosa, O as muralhas que nós assistimos, era assim tão galante fluindo. E o clarão vermelho dos foguetes, as bombas que estouram no ar, Deu-nos prova pela noite que nossa bandeira ainda estará lá. Oh, diga, faça aquela bandeira coberta de estrelas tremular contudo O a terra do livre e a casa do valente...