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"Template:Lang"Template:Efn ("Anthem of the Basque Race"), also known as "Template:Lang" ("Anthem of the Basque Country"), is the official anthem of the Basque Country in northern Spain. The lyrics were written by Basque nationalist writer Sabino Arana, and its melody is based on an old Basque tune. The anthem was originally used for the Basque Nationalist Party (BNP/PNV), and it was adopted by the first Basque Government in the 1930s.<ref>Símbolos e identidad Lehendakaritza.</ref><ref name="protocolo"/> Its re-proclamation by the Basque Parliament on 14 April 1983 was opposed by several parties that deemed it still to be bound to the PNV rather than to the rest of the Basques.<ref name="protocolo" />
Like the national anthem of Spain, "Marcha Real", the lyrics are not officially sung. The law makes official the music with no lyrics, since opposition parties felt the Arana text too religious and linked to the BNP.Template:CnTemplate:Or?
Unofficial lyrics
[edit]| Proposed Basque lyrics<ref name="protocolo">El himno del País Vasco. Euskadi. letra y partitura del himno</ref> | IPA transcriptionTemplate:Efn | Spanish translated version<ref name="protocolo"/> | Unofficial English version |
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| <poem>Template:Lang</poem> | <poem>Template:IPA</poem> | <poem>Template:Lang</poem> | <poem>O Basque country, above thou goest,
Full of glory thou art. With thee, with our Lord honour'd. An oak tree in Biscay resteth, Firm and fresh it standeth, Just like thy law it echoeth. We find on the tree Thy cross holy Which always above us sitteth. Sing, o Basque country, Thou art full of glory. With thee, with our Lord Honour'd.</poem> |
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[edit]External links
[edit]- Symbols of the Basque Country: The Official Basque Anthem, at the Basque Government site (Spanish).