Angola
Repъblica de Angola
(Republic of Angola)
Original Portugese Words
O Pбtria, nunca mais esqueceremos
Os herуis do quatro de Fevereio.
O Pбtria, nуs saudamos os teus filhos
Tombados pela nossa Independкncia.
Honramos o passado e a nossa Histуria,
Construindo no Trabalho o Homem novo,
(repeat previous two lines)
CHORUS
Angola, avante!
Revoluзгo, pelo Poder Popular!
Pбtria Unida, Liberdade,
Um sу povo, uma sу Naзгo!
(repeat chorus)
Levantemos nossas vozes libertadas
Para glуriados povos africanos.
Marchemos, combatentes angolanos,
Solidбrios com os poroso primidos.
Orgulhosos lutaremos Pela Paz
Com as forзas progressistas do mundo.
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CHORUS
English Translation
O Fatherland, we shall never forget
The heroes of the Fourth of February.
O Fatherland, we salute your sons
Who died for our Independence.
We honour the past and our history
As by our work we build the New Man.
(repeat previous two lines)
CHORUS
Forward, Angola!
Revolution through the power of the People!
A United Country, Freedom,
One People, one Nation!
(repeat chorus)
Let us raise our liberated voices
To the glory of the peoples of Africa.
We shall march, Angolan fighters,
In solidarity with oppressed peoples.
We shall fight proudly for Peace
Along with the progressive forces of the world.
(repeat previous two lines)
CHORUS
Lyrics: Manuel Rui Alves Monteiro
Music: Rui Alberto Vieira Dias Mingas
Adopted: 1975