Rule Britannia

La mezzo con coloratura Della Jones at her best entonando el himno oficioso de Gran Bretañan, Rule Britannia.... Britons never shall slaves, poema escrito por James Thompson y cuya versión musical se debe a Thomas Augustine Arne alrededor de 1740.

No puedo montar el vídeo porque hay un error en el código, así que aquí está el link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDE3yavXs-A

Para que luego digan que los únicos que bailan y gritan con el himno somos nosotros y los italianos.

Una maravillosa canción patriótica que habla de libertad, independencia y resistencia a la tiranía, aunque dejo para Mary White la calificación de la misma como liberal o conservadora, porque en estos asuntos tengo un cierto ramalazo neocon.

Letra:

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 shall be slaves."

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.
Chorus

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.
Chorus

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.
Chorus

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.
Chorus

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.
Chorus