Fratelli d'Italia, l'Italia s'è desta
 

In addition of Optimist Prime's thread of national anthems,


Fratelli d'Italia, l'Italia s'è desta

Fratelli d'Italia
L'Italia s'è desta
Dell'elmo di Scipio
S'è cinta la testa.
Dove'è la Vittoria?.
Le porga la chioma;
Chè schiava di Roma
Iddio la creò.
Stringiamoci a coorte,
Siam pronti alla morte:
Italia chiamò!

Noi siamo da secoli
Calpesti e derisi,
Perchè non siam popolo,
Perchè siam divisi;
Raccolgaci un'unica
Bandiera, un speme;
Di fonderci insieme;
Già l'ora suonò.
Stringiamoci a coorte,
Siam pronti alla morte:
Italia chiamò!

Uniamoci, amiamoci;
L'unione e l'amore
Rivelano ai popoli
Le vie del Signore:
Giuriamo far libero
Il suolo natío;
Uniti per Dio
Chi vincer ci può?.
Stringiamoci a coorte,
Siam pronti alla morte:
Italia chiamò!

Dall'Alpi a Sicilia
Dovunque è Legnano
Ogni uom di Ferruccio:
Ha il cuor e la mano.
I bimbi d'Italia
Si chiamano Balilla:
Il suon d'ogni squilla
I vespri suonò.
Stringiamoci a coorte,
Siam pronti alla morte:
Italia chiamò!

Son giunchi che piegano
Le spade vendute:
Già l'Aquila d'Austria
Le penne ha perdute.
Il sangue d'Italia
E il sangue polacco
Bevè col Cosacco
Ma il cor le bruciò
Stringiamoci a coorte
Siam pronti alla morte:
Italia chiamò!



:)

I read "Fratelli" and immediately I thought this was going to be a "Tribute to the Goonies" thread.

I was about to order a large pizza, but never mind.

I love the Italian National Anthem. I've never heard the words, but it gives me chills to hear it, just as with the United States National Anthem.

ETA: Do you have the English lyrics to the anthem?

While posting National Anthems, here's one that gives me thrills whenever I hear it:

Hatikvah - The Hope. State of Israel.

Kol od balevav penimah

nefesh Yehudi homiyah

Ulefa-atej mizrach kadimah

'ayin LeTsion, tsofiah.



Od lo awvdah tikwatenu

ha'tikvah bat sh'not alpayim

liheyot am chofsi beartsenu

erets Tsion virushalayim.


As long as deep in the heart,

The soul of a Jew yearns,

And towards the East

An eye looks to Zion,



Our hope is not yet lost,

The hope of two thousand years,

To be a free people in our land,

The land of Zion and Jerusalem.

Don't forget the Germans, though they only sing the last stanza of their national anthem today (the first two were banned after World War II):

Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit
Für das deutsche Vaterland!
Darnach laßt uns alle streben
Brüderlich mit Herz und Hand!
Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit
Sind des Glückes Unterpfand.

Blüh' im Glanze dieses Glückes,
Blühe, deutsches Vaterland.

translation:

Unity and right and freedom
For the German fatherland!
Let us strive for all of these
Brotherly with heart and hand!
Unity and right and freedom
Pledge for our happiness!
Bloom in the splendour of this happiness,
Bloom, my German Fatherland!

Or the national anthem of Venezuela:

CHORUS

Gloria al bravo pueblo
Que el yugo lanzó,
La Ley respetando
La virtud y honor.

¡Abajo Cadenas! ¡Abajo Cadenas!
Gritaba el Señor; gritaba el Señor.
Y el pobre en su choza, Libertad! pidió.

Y a este santo nombre, tembló de pavor,
El vil egoismo que otra vez triunfó;

Y a este santo nombre, tembló de pavor,
El vil egoismo que otra vez triunfó.

REPEAT CHORUS

Translation:

Glory to the brave people
That threw off the yoke
The law respecting
Virtue and honor!

Off with the chains! Off with the chains!, cried out the Lord
The poor man in his hovel, 'Liberty!' he implored.
To this holy name, trembled with horror
That vile egoism, that once had triumphed

Found it

Italian Brothers,
Italy has awakened,

She has wreathed her head

With the helmet of Scipio.

Where is Victory?

She bows her head to you,

You, whom God created

As the slave of Rome.



Let us band together,

We are ready to die,

(repeat)

Italy has called us.

(repeat previous four lines)

(repeat entire song)

Here 'tis... may not be a true and proper one, though:

Italian Brothers,
Italy has awakened,
She has wreathed her head
With the helmet of Scipio.

Where is Victory?
She bows her head to you,
You, whom God created
As the slave of Rome.

Let us band together,
We are ready to die,
We are ready to die,
Italy has called us.

Nkosi sikelel' iAfrika
Maluphakanyisw' uphondo lwayo,
Yizwa imithandazo yethu,
Nkosi sikelela, thina lusapho lwayo.

Morena boloka setjhaba sa heso,
O fedise dintwa la matshwenyeho,
O se boloke, O se boloke setjhaba sa heso,
Setjhaba sa South Afrika - South Afrika.

Uit die blou van onse hemel,
Uit die diepte van ons see,
Oor ons ewige gebergtes,
Waar die kranse antwoord gee,

Sounds the call to come together,
And united we shall stand,
Let us live and strive for freedom,
In South Africa our land.

Translation:

Lord, bless Africa
May her spirit rise high up
Hear thou our prayers
Lord bless us.
Lord, bless Africa
Banish wars and strife
Lord, bless our nation
Of South Africa.

Ringing out from our blue heavens
From our deep seas breaking round
Over everlasting mountains
Where the echoing crags resound ...

Translation (all)

Italian brothers,
Italy has arisen,
With Scipio's helmet
binding her head.
Where is Victory?
Let her bow down,
For God has made her
The slave of Rome.
Let us gather in legions,
Ready to die!
Italy has called!

We for centuries
Have been downtrodden and derided,
Because we are not a people,
Because we are divided.
Let one flag, one hope
Bring us together;
The hour has struck
For us to join forces.
Let us gather in legions,
Ready to die!
Italy has called!

Let us unite and love one another;
For union and love
Reveal to peoples
The way of the Lord
Let us swear to free
Our native soil;
If we are united under God,
Who can conquer us?
Let us gather in legions,
Ready to die!
Italy has called!

From the Alps to Sicily,
Everywhere it is Legnano;
Every man has the heart
and hand of Ferruccio.
The children of Italy
Are all called Balilla;
Every trumpet blast
Sounds the (Sicilian) Vespers.
Let us gather in legions,
Ready to die!
Italy has called!

Mercenary swords
Are feeble reeds,
And the Austrian eagle
Has lost his plumes.
This eagle that drunk the blood
of Italy and Poland,
together with the Cossack,
But this has burned his gut.
Let us gather in legions,
Ready to die!
Italy has called!

Here's the link for Italian National Anthem (and you can play music here, too, while reading the history behind the anthem)

http://www.arcaini.com/ITALY/Italian...lianAnthem.htm

Viva Italia! ;)

:) The Italian national anthem makes me smile anyday. I can always picture my grandmother singing it.

I lost faith in the Azzuri when they blew their lead and lost to the frogs in GG at Euro 2000.


I still love Juventus though, should have beaten AC Milan in the Champions League final.

Forget Kahn, Buffon is the man.

I dunno, I hardly ever hijack a thread, and, well, soccer is life.