Rule Britannia
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Rule Britannia zo ur varzhoneg skrivet gant James Thomson ha lakaet war un ton sonerezh gant Thomas Arne e 1740.
Ur c'han brogarour breizhveurat eo. Kemeret e vez Rule Britannia evit kan broadel ar Rouantelezh Unanet a-wezhioù. Setu amañ testenn ar son :
1
- When Britain first, at Heaven's command
- Arose from out the azure main;
- This was the charter of the land,
- And guardian angels sung this strain:
- "Rule, Britannia! rule the waves:
- "Britons never will be slaves."
2
- The nations, not so blest as thee,
- Must, in their turns, to tyrants fall;
- While thou shalt flourish great and free,
- The dread and envy of them all.
- "Rule, Britannia! rule the waves:
- "Britons never will be slaves."
3
- Still more majestic shalt thou rise,
- More dreadful, from each foreign stroke;
- As the loud blast that tears the skies,
- Serves but to root thy native oak.
- "Rule, Britannia! rule the waves:
- "Britons never will be slaves."
4
- Thee haughty tyrants ne'er shall tame:
- All their attempts to bend thee down,
- Will but arouse thy generous flame;
- But work their woe, and thy renown.
- "Rule, Britannia! rule the waves:
- "Britons never will be slaves."
5
- To thee belongs the rural reign;
- Thy cities shall with commerce shine:
- All thine shall be the subject main,
- And every shore it circles thine.
- "Rule, Britannia! rule the waves:
- "Britons never will be slaves."
6
- The Muses, still with freedom found,
- Shall to thy happy coast repair;
- Blest Isle! With matchless beauty crown'd,
- And manly hearts to guard the fair.
- "Rule, Britannia! rule the waves:
- "Britons never will be slaves."
[kemmañ] Liens externes
- Piano version (9KB, MIDI file)
- Orchestral version (121KB, MP3 file)
- BBC Symphony Orchestra, Bryn Terfel, Last Night of the Proms, Live 1994 copyright BBC and Teldec Classics GmbH, (4:27min, ca 4MB, fichennaoueg MP3, gant pevar foz, an trede zo kanet e kembraeg)
- Beethoven Haus Bonn, Variationen über das englische Volkslied "Rule Britannia" für Klavier (D-Dur) WoO 79

