Mexico Anthem Text Lyrics - National Anthem

CHORUS 

Mexicans, at the cry of battle 

lend your swords and bridle; 

and let the earth tremble at its center 

upon the roar of the cannon. 

Your forehead shall be girded, oh fatherland, with olive garlands 

by the divine archangel of peace, 

For in heaven your eternal destiny 

has been written by the hand of God. 

But should a foreign enemy 

Profane your land with his sole, 

Think, beloved fatherland, that heaven 

gave you a soldier in each son. 

CHORUS 

II 

War, war without truce against who would attempt 

to blemish the honor of the fatherland! 

War, war! The patriotic banners 

saturate in waves of blood. 

War, war! On the mount, in the vale 

The terrifying cannon thunder 

and the echoes nobly resound 

to the cries of union! liberty! 

CHORUS 

III 

Fatherland, before your children become unarmed 

Beneath the yoke their necks in sway, 

May your countryside be watered with blood, 

On blood their feet trample. 

And may your temples, palaces and towers 

crumble in horrid crash, 

and their ruins exist saying: 

The fatherland was made of one thousand heroes here. 

CHORUS 

IV 

Fatherland, fatherland, your children swear 

to exhale their breath in your cause, 

If the bugle in its belligerent tone 

should call upon them to struggle with bravery. 

For you the olive garlands! 

For them a memory of glory! 

For you a laurel of victory! 

For them a tomb of honor! 

Sent by Carlos Andr Pereira da Silva Branco