Hino de São João de Meriti - RJ

Wishing, the law, to conceive progress
To see the Sun, reborn greater
It made us go to the cradle of the gentle mother
São João transformed into a city
The past is a memory in the present history
To weave a better future
Continuously, our duty
Is to guide it growing and moving forward

São João de Meriti is the name of the land we praise!
The people of Meriti honor with golden laurels!
If I have to leave, I will go where life decides!
But in my heart, I will carry the flag of Meriti!

Upon the land of the Tamoios, it became Parishes
In the sesmarias of Iguaçu
Producing fine delicacies
Carried on the waters of the river
Such labor built upon your presence
Temples to pure and exact reason
Exalting the sweet emotion
Of those who love, work, and think

São João de Meriti is the name of the land we praise!
The people of Meriti honor with golden laurels!
If I have to leave, I will go where life decides!
But in my heart, I will carry the flag of Meriti!

May your sky guard the flight of sound freedom
And may your soil allow it to run
Abundant virtues may rain down
Upon our beloved city
For when imagining there's no way out
When the light of the end fades
I want to cry for the love I feel for you
Seeing your coat of arms rising

São João de Meriti is the name of the land we praise!
The people of Meriti honor with golden laurels!
If I have to leave, I will go where life decides!
But in my heart, I will carry the flag of Meriti!