ΟΙ ΕΘΝΙΚΟΙ ΥΜΝΟΙ ΤΟΥ ΚΟΣΜΟΥ : 1. ΒΡΕΤΑΝΙΑ

Ο εθνικός ύμνος της Βρετανίας γράφτηκε το 1740 από τον συνθέτη
Thomas Augustine Arne (12 1710 – 5 Μαρτίου 1778).
Είναι η μελοποίηση του ποιήματος "Rule, Britannia" (Κυβέρνα, Βρετανία)
του ποιητή James Thomson.
Ακούμε ολόκληρο τον ύμνο από μια εκδήλωση του BBC του 1993.
Ερμηνεύουν οι Della Jones - και ο John Tomlinson.
Προσέξτε τον ενθουσιασμό των θεατών καθ' όλη τη διάρκεια της εκδήλωσης,
κυρίως όμως την έγερσή τους , ως ένδειξη τιμής, σε κάθε χορικό του ύμνου.
Η σημασία του "Κυβέρνα, Βρετανία" σχετίζεται
με το μέγα της θαλάσσης κράτος,
πάνω στο οποίο η Βρετανία βάσισε την ισχύ της.
Πράγματι, κυβερνώντας τα κύματα η μικρή αυτή χώρα,
κατάφερε να γίνει η μεγαλύτερη αποικιοκρατική δύναμη του
κόσμου έως τα μεσα του 20ού αιώνα.

1
When Britain first, at Heaven's command,
Arose from out the azure main,
Arose, arose, arose from out the azure main;
This was the charter, the charter of the land,
And guardian angels sung this strain:
"Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves:
"Britons never will be slaves."
[Chorus]
Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves:
Britons never will be slaves.

2
The nations not so blest as thee,
Must in their turn to tyrants fall,
Must in their turn to tyrants fall;
While thou shalt flourish, shalt flourish great and free,
The dread and envy of them all.
Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves:
Britons never will be slaves.

[Chorus]
Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves:
Britons never will be slaves.

3
Still more majestic shalt thou rise,
More dreadful from each foreign stroke,
More dreadful from each foreign stroke;
As the loud blast that, loud blast that tears the skies,
Serves but to root thy native oak.
Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves:
Britons never will be slaves.
[Chorus]
Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves:
Britons never will be slaves.


4
Thee, haughty tyrants ne'er shall tame;
All their attempts to bend thee down,
All their attempts to bend thee down,
Will but arouse thy, arouse thy generous flame;
But work their woe, and thy renown.
Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves:
Britons never will be slaves.
[Chorus]
Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves:
Britons never will be slaves.



5
To thee belongs the rural reign;
Thy cities shall with commerce shine,
Thy cities shall with commerce shine;
All thine, shall be subject, shall be the subject main,
And every shore it circles, thine.
Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves:
Britons never will be slaves.
[Chorus]
Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves:
Britons never will be slaves.

6
The Muses, still with freedom found,
Shall to thy happy coast repair,
Shall to, shall to, shall to thy happy coast repair;
Blest Isle! with matchless, with matchless beauty crown'd,
And manly hearts to guard the fair.
Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves:
Britons never will be slaves.
[Chorus]
Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves:
Britons never will be slaves.