Himno de Colombia

Oh, unfading glory!
Oh, immortal joy!
In furrows of pain
The good already sprouts
The good already sprouts

Oh, unfading glory!
Oh, immortal joy!
In furrows of pain
The good already sprouts

I

The horrible night ceased
Sublime freedom
Spreads the dawns
Of its invincible light

All of humanity
That groans in chains
Understands the words
Of the one who died on the cross

Oh, unfading glory!
Oh, immortal joy!
In furrows of pain
The good already sprouts
The good already sprouts

Oh, unfading glory!
Oh, immortal joy!
In furrows of pain
The good already sprouts

II

Independence!, shouts
The American world
Bathes in heroes' blood
The land of Columbus

But this great principle
The king is not sovereign
Resounds, and those who suffer
Bless his passion

Oh, unfading glory!
Oh, immortal joy!
In furrows of pain
The good already sprouts
The good already sprouts

Oh, unfading glory!
Oh, immortal joy!
In furrows of pain
The good already sprouts

III

The Orinoco's course
Fills with spoils
A river of blood and tears
Is seen running there

In Barbula, souls and eyes
Do not know
Whether to feel admiration or horror
Or to suffer

Oh, unfading glory!
Oh, immortal joy!
In furrows of pain
The good already sprouts
The good already sprouts

Oh, unfading glory!
Oh, immortal joy!
In furrows of pain
The good already sprouts

IV

On the shores of the Caribbean
A hungry people fight
Preferring horrors
To treacherous health

Oh yes!, from Cartagena
Abnegation is abundant
And the debris of death
Despises their virtue

Oh, unfading glory!
Oh, immortal joy!
In furrows of pain
The good already sprouts
The good already sprouts

Oh, unfading glory!
Oh, immortal joy!
In furrows of pain
The good already sprouts

V

In Boyacá's fields
The genius of glory
With each ear of corn, a hero
Undefeated crowned

Soldiers without armor
Won the victory
Their manly breath
Served as a shield

Oh, unfading glory!
Oh, immortal joy!
In furrows of pain
The good already sprouts
The good already sprouts

Oh, unfading glory!
Oh, immortal joy!
In furrows of pain
The good already sprouts

VI

Bolívar crosses the Andes
Watered by two oceans
Swords like lightning bolts
Shine in Junín

Untamed centaurs
Descend to the plains
And the end of the epic
Begins to be felt

Oh, unfading glory!
Oh, immortal joy!
In furrows of pain
The good already sprouts
The good already sprouts

Oh, unfading glory!
Oh, immortal joy!
In furrows of pain
The good already sprouts

VII

The victorious horn
Thunders in Ayacucho
With each triumph, its formidable sound grows

In its expansive push
Freedom is born
From the American sky
Forming a pavilion

Oh, unfading glory!
Oh, immortal joy!
In furrows of pain
The good already sprouts
The good already sprouts

Oh, unfading glory!
Oh, immortal joy!
In furrows of pain
The good already sprouts

VIII

The virgin tears out her hair
In agony
And as a widow of her love
Hangs it from the cypress

She mourns her hope
Covered in cold stone
But glorious pride
Surrounds her fair skin

Oh, unfading glory!
Oh, immortal joy!
In furrows of pain
The good already sprouts
The good already sprouts

Oh, unfading glory!
Oh, immortal joy!
In furrows of pain
The good already sprouts

IX

Thus the homeland is formed
Thermopylae sprouting
Constellation of cyclops
Illuminated its night

The trembling flower
Finding mortal wind
Under the laurels
Sought security

Oh, unfading glory!
Oh, immortal joy!
In furrows of pain
The good already sprouts
The good already sprouts

Oh, unfading glory!
Oh, immortal joy!
In furrows of pain
The good already sprouts

X

But complete glory is not
To win in battle
For the arm that fights
Is animated by truth

Independence alone
Does not silence the great clamor
If the Sun shines on all
Justice is freedom

Oh, unfading glory!
Oh, immortal joy!
In furrows of pain
The good already sprouts
The good already sprouts

Oh, unfading glory!
Oh, immortal joy!
In furrows of pain
The good already sprouts

XI

Nariño preaching
The rights of man
The soul of the struggle
Prophetically taught

Ricaurte in San Mateo
Flying in atoms
Duty, before life
Wrote with flames

Oh, unfading glory!
Oh, immortal joy!
In furrows of pain
The good already sprouts
The good already sprouts

Oh, unfading glory!
Oh, immortal joy!
In furrows of pain
The good already sprouts