Rule Britannia
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Rule Britannia - drugi (mniej formalny) hymn Wielkiej Brytanii i hymn Royal Navy. Pochodzi z wystawianej na dworze księcia Walii przez kompozytora Thomasa Augustine'a Arne maski (masque) w 1740 roku. Melodię podchwyciła szybko ulica i marynarze. Autorem słów jest James Thomson.
[edytuj] Słowa
1
- When Britain first at Heav'n's command
- Arose from out the azure main;
- This was the charter of the land,
- And guardian angels sang this strain:
- Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves:
- Britons never shall be slaves.
2
- The nations not so blest as thee,
- Shall in their turns to tyrants fall;
- While thou shalt flourish great and free,
- The dread and envy of them all.
- Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves:
- Britons never shall 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! Britannia, rule the waves:
- Britons never shall 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! Britannia, rule the waves:
- Britons never shall 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! Britannia, rule the waves:
- Britons never shall be slaves.
6
- The Muses, still with freedom found,
- Shall to thy happy coast repair;
- O blest Isle! With matchless beauty crowned,
- And manly hearts to guide the fair.
- Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves:
- Britons never shall be slaves.
[edytuj] Linki
- wersja grana na fortepianie (9KB, MIDI file)
- wersja orkiestrowa (121KB, MP3 file)
- BBC Symphony Orchestra, Bryn Terfel, Last Night of the Proms, Live 1994 copyright BBC and Teldec Classics GmbH, (4:27 min, około 4MB,plik mp3, cztery strofy, w tym trzecia wykonana w języku walijskim)
- Beethoven Haus Bonn, wariacje na temat angielskiej pieśni ludowej "Rule Britannia" (D-Dur) WoO 79
