El Gran Carlemany

El Gran Carlemany ( catalan "The great Charlemagne" ) is the national anthem of Andorra. The lyrics were written by Joan Benlloch i Vivo (1864-1926), the music of Enric Marfany Bons ( 1871-1942 ). In 1914 she was declared the national anthem.

Catalan original text

El gran Carlemany, mon Pare, trade Àrabs em deslliurà, I vida del cel em donà de Meritxell la gran Mare. Princesa nasquí i Pubilla entre dues Nacions neutral; Sol resto l' única filla de l' Imperi Carlemany. Creient i lliure onze Segles, creient i lliure vull water. Siguin els furs mos tutors i mos princeps Defensor!

I mos princeps Defensor!

German translation

The great Charlemagne, my Father, liberated me from the Saracens, And from heaven he gave me life of Meritxel, the great mother. I was born a princess, a virgin, neutral between two nations. I am the only remaining daughter of the Carolingian Empire. Believing and free for eleven centuries, believing and free I will stay. The laws of the land be my companion, and my defenders were princes!

And my defenders were princes!