[Dixielandjazz] Controversial 1918 song - La Bandera de las Estrellas

[David Richoux]

The latest flap has some roots to the early jazz age ;-)

Dave Richoux

http://memory.loc.gov/cocoon/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.100000007/default.html



Verse
Amanece: ¿no veis, a la luz de aurora,
Lo que tanto aclamamos la noche al caer?
Sus estrellas, sus barras flotaban ayer
En el fiero combate en senal de victoria.
Fulgor de cohetes, de bombas es truendo,
Por la noche decian: "¡Se va defendiendo!"
¡Oh, decid! ¿Despliega aun su hermosura estrellada,
Sobre tierra de libres, la bandera sagrada?

Verse
En la costa lejana que apenas blanquea,
Donde yace nublada la hueste feroz,
Sobre aquel precipicio que elevase atroz,
¡Oh decidme! ¿que es eso quen la brisa ondea?
Se oculta y flamea, en el alba luciendo,
Reflejada en la mar, donde va resplandeciendo.
¡Aun alli desplego su hermosura estrellada,
Sobre tierra de libres, la bandera sagrada!

Verse
¡Oh asi sea siempre, en lealtad defendamos
Nuestra tierra natal contra el torpe invasor!
A Dios quien nos dio paz, la libertad, y honor,
Nos mantuvo nacion, con fervor bendigamos.
Nuestra causa es el bien, y por eso triumfamos,
Siempre fue nuestro lema: "¡En Dios confiamos!"
!Y desplegara asi su hermosura estrellada,
Sobre tierra de libres, la bandera sagrada!



this is what BableFish does with it:

To see Amanece: you do not see, to the aurora light, Which as much we  
acclaimed the night when falling? Their stars, their bars floated  
yesterday In the fierce combat in senal of victory. Fulgor of  
rockets, of pumps is truendo, At night decian: "it is defended" Oh,  
decid! It even unfolds his hermosura starred, On land of free, the  
sagrada flag? To see In the distant coast that as soon as it whitens,  
Where the ferocious follower lies cloudy, On that precipice that it  
elevated atrocious, Oh decidme! that he is that they quen the breeze  
waves? It is hidden and it flamed, in the dawn shining, Reflected in  
the sea, where it is shining. Even alli desplego its hermosura  
starred, On land of free, the sagrada flag! To see Oh asi is always,  
in loyalty we defend Our native earth against the clumsy invader! To  
God that gave peace us, the freedom, and honor, it maintained nation  
to Us, with fervor we bless. Our cause is the good, and for that  
reason triumfamos, Always it was our motto: "God we trusted" !Y  
unfolded asi its hermosura starred, On land of free, the sagrada flag!