Els Segadors | Anthem of Catalonia (Original full version) | Lyrics

TITLE: "Els Segadors" (Eng: The Reapers)
MUSIC: Francesc Alió
LYRICS: Emili Guanyavents
PERFORMED BY: Jordi Savall
YEAR: 1899
🇬🇧 The original song dates in the oral tradition to 1640, based on the events of June 1640 known as "Corpus de Sang" (Corpus Christi) during the Thirty Years' War, which started the Reapers' War where Catalans fought against the Count-Duke of Olivares, the chief minister of King Philip IV of Spain. The song describes the uprising of peasants, as they were dealing with episodes such as religious sacrileges, destruction and killing of people, ending with the exhortation to Catalans to take the arms.
🇷🇺 Оригинальная песня датируется устной традицией 1640 годом и основана на событиях июня 1640 года, известных как «Корпус де Сан» (Corpus Christi) во время Тридцатилетней войны, которая положила начало Войне Жнецов, когда каталонцы сражались против герцога Оливареса. , который был главным министром короля Испании Филиппа IV. В песне описывается восстание крестьян, поскольку они имели дело с такими эпизодами, как религиозные святотатства, разрушения и убийства людей, заканчивающиеся призывом каталонцев взяться за оружие.
🇪🇸 La canción original data en la tradición oral de 1640, basada en los acontecimientos de junio de 1640 conocidos como "Corpus de Sang" (Corpus Christi) durante la Guerra de los Treinta Años, lo que inició la Guerra de los Segadores donde los catalanes lucharon contra el Conde-Duque de Olivares, quien fuera primer ministro del rey Felipe IV de España. La canción describe el levantamiento de los campesinos, ya que se enfrentaban a episodios como sacrilegios religiosos, destrucción y matanza de personas, finalizando con la exhortación a los catalanes a tomar las armas.
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Lyrics (ENGLISH):
Ah, happy Catalonia
who has seen you rich and plentiful!
Now the king our lord
has declared war on us.
The great count of Olivar
is always pestering his ear:
"Now is the time, our king.
now is the time to make war."
Against the Catalans
see what they have done already:
villages and places followed
up to the place of Riudarenes,
they have burned a church
that was called Santa Coloma,
they are burning white habits and chasubles
the chalices and the patens.
And the Blessed Sacrament
praise be to you forever.
They killed a priest
while Mass was being held.
They killed a knight
at the door of the church,
Don Lluís de Furrià
and the angels are making him a big feast.
The bread that was not white
they said was too black,
they gave it to the horses
only to ravage the earth.
The wine that was not good
they turned on the taps,
they threw it in the streets
only to irrigate the land.
In the presence of their parents
they dishonoured the maidens.
They gave part to the viceroy
of the harm that those soldiers were doing:
"I gave them a license
many more can be taken.”
In view of all this
the earth has shaken.
They entered Barcelona
a thousand strangers,
they come in as reapers
as we were in harvest time.
Of three guards there
the first has already died.
The viceroy was killed
at the entrance to the galley.
They killed the deputies
and the judges of the Court.
They went to prison
they are releasing the prisoners.
The bishop blessed them
with the right and left hand:
"Where is your captain,
where is your flag?"
They took out the good Jesus
all covered with a black veil.
"Here is our captain
here is our flag.
In the Catalan arms
that have declared war on you."
Strike with Thy sickle!
Strike with Thy sickle, Defenders of the Land!
Strike with Thy sickle!