- La Bayamesa -

Himno de mi Bella pero NO Libre Patria! Pedro Felipe Figueredo was a Cuban lawyer, landowner, poet and musician born in Bayamo, Cuba in 1818. In 1867 he wrote La Bayamesa whilst riding is horse, just before the town he was born in was burnt to the ground to save it from the conquering Spanish. Today this song is the National Anthem of Cuba. Pedro Felipe Figueredo was executed on 17 August 1870 after being captured by the Spanish. ........................................... Al combate, corred, Bayameses, Que la Patria os contempla orgullosa; No temáis una muerte gloriosa, Que morir por la Patria es vivir. En cadenas vivir, es vivir En afrenta y oprobio sumido; Del clarín escuchad el sonido; ¡A las armas, valientes, corred! English translation: Hasten to battle, men of Bayamo, That the homeland looks proudly to you. Do not fear a glorious death Because to die for the country is to live. To live in chains Is to live in dishonour and ignominy. Hear the clarion call, Hasten, brave ones,