Himno Nacional Mexicano

The "Mexican National Anthem" (Spanish: Himno Nacional Mexicano, Nahuatl languages: Mexihcaletepetlacuicalt), also known by its incipit "Mexicans, at the cry of war" (Spanish: Mexicanos, al grito de guerra), is the national anthem of Mexico. The anthem was first used in 1854. The lyrics of the national anthem, which allude to historical Mexican military victories in the heat of battle and including cries of defending the homeland, were composed by poet Francisco González Bocanegra after a Federal contest in 1853. Later, in 1854, he asked Jaime Nunó to compose the music which now accompanies González's poem. The national anthem, consisting of ten stanzas and a chorus, effectively entered into use on September 16, 1854.

Spanish Lyrics

Estribillo:
Mexicanos, al grito de guerra
el acero aprestad y el bridón.
Y retiemble en sus centros la Tierra,
al sonoro rugir del cañón.
Y retiemble en sus centros la Tierra,
¡al sonoro rugir del cañón!

Estrofa I

Ciña ¡oh Patria! tus sienes de oliva
de la paz el arcángel divino,
que en el cielo tu eterno destino
por el dedo de Dios se escribió.
Mas si osare un extraño enemigo
profanar con su planta tu suelo,
piensa ¡oh Patria querida! que el cielo
un soldado en cada hijo te dio.

Estribillo (x1)

Estrofa V

¡Guerra, guerra! sin tregua al que intente
De la patria manchar los blasones!
¡Guerra, guerra! Los patrios pendones
En las olas de sangre empapad.
¡Guerra, guerra! En el monte, en el valle
Los cañones horrísonos truenen,
Y los ecos sonoros resuenen
Con las voces de ¡Unión! ¡Libertad!

Estribillo (x1)

Estrofa VI

Antes, patria, que inermes tus hijos
Bajo el yugo su cuello dobleguen,
Tus campiñas con sangre se rieguen,
Sobre sangre se estampe su pie.
Y tus templos, palacios y torres
Se derrumben con hórrido estruendo,
Y sus ruinas existan diciendo:
De mil héroes la patria aquí fue.

Estribillo (x1)

Estrofa X

¡Patria! ¡Patria! Tus hijos te juran
Exhalar en tus aras su aliento,
Si el clarín con su bélico acento
los convoca a lidiar con valor.
¡Para ti las guirnaldas de oliva!
¡Un recuerdo para ellos de gloria!
¡Un laurel para ti de victoria!
¡Un sepulcro para ellos de honor!

English translation

Chorus:
Mexicans, at the cry of war,
assemble the steel and the bridle,
and the Earth trembles to its core
to the resounding roar of the cannon.
and the Earth trembles to its core
to the resounding roar of the cannon!

1st stanza

Encircle Oh Motherland!, your temples with olives
the divine archangel of Peace,
for in heaven your eternal destiny
was written by the finger of God.
If, however, a foreign enemy would dare
to profane Your ground with their sole,
think, Oh beloved Motherland!, that Heaven
has given a soldier in every son.

Chorus (x1)

Stanza V

War, war! with no mercy to any who shall try
to tarnish the coats of arms of the Motherland!
War, war! The national banners
Shall be drenched in the waves of blood.
War, war! On the mountain, in the valley,
The cannons thunder in horrid unison
and the sonorous echoes resound
with bellows of Union! Liberty!

Chorus (x1)

Stanza VI

O, Motherland, if however your children, defenseless
With their necks bent beneath the yoke,
May your fields be watered with blood,
May their footsteps be printed with blood.
And your temples, palaces and towers
Shall collapse with horrid clamor,
And your ruins continue on, whispering:
Of one thousand heroes, the Motherland once was.

Chorus (x1)

Stanza X

Motherland! Motherland! Your children assure
to breathe until their last for your sake,
if the bugle with its bellicose accent
calls them together to battle with courage.
For you, the olive wreaths!
For them, a reminder of glory!
For you, a laurel of victory!
For them, a tomb of honor!

Nahuatl lyrics

Ihcuca yaotl tenochnotzas mexihca
ticanacan temicti tepuztli
ihuan huelihqui ma tlacohcomoni
ihcuac totepuz cueponiz nohuian

Tlazohtlalnan ximoixcuaxochtlali
in pahcayotl nemiliztli cecnitlaca,
ilhuicapa monemiliz nochipa
omohcuilo ica imahpiltzin toteo.

Tlaquinequizque in huehca chanehque
motlalticpac quintlalizque in icxihuan
tlazohtlalnan xicmati ca mopilhuan
quin yecanaz toteotzin ipan yaotl.

Yaotl yaotl in aquin yaotenchuaz
quin tlilehuaz in tlazohilalan,
yaotl yaotl in tlazohtlalnan pantli
ma paltilo ihtech xalatlyezpozonal.

Yaotl yaotl ipan ixtlahual in cuactla
ihcuac mocaquiz temictiani tepuztli,
inanhquilo in tlaototoponal
tlamach tzatziloz nemaquixtiliz

Achto tiquin mopilhuan tazohtlalnan
cuatlanepantetech iquechpa motemahca
mamoyeznalocan in tlen ixtlahuahme,
ihpan eztli icxihuan quintlaliz

Ihuan moteocalhuan, hueicalhuan tzilinal
mahuetzican ica tlalcocomonal
ihuan cemihcac quitozqui in tapanzol
miac mahuiztli oyeni tlazohtlalnan.

Tlazontlalnan mopilhuan mitzilhuia
ca nochipa mopampa mihmiquizque
tla technotzaz in yaoltlapitzalli
ica itenyo huclihqui quemhmanian.

Inic tehuatl iztaque xochime
inic yehuan ce ilhuica ilnamiquiliz
cente tlatzaca tlatlaniliz moaxca
ce mahuiztic tecochtli inic yeh.

Ihcuac yaotl tenochtzaz mexihca
ticanacan temicti tepuztli
ihuan huelihqui ma tlalcohcomoni
ihcuac totepuz cueponiz nohuian.