€SOMOS LIBRES, SEAMOSLO SIEMPRE, Y ANTES NIEGUE SUS LUCES SUS LUCES SUS LUCES EL SOL, QUE FALTEMOS AL VOTO SOLEMNE QUE LA PATRIA AL ETERNO ELEVO QUE FALTEMOS AL VOTO SOLEMNE QUE LA PATRIA AL ETERNO ELEVO. LARGO TIEMPO EL PERUANO OPRIMIDO LA EMINOSA CADENA ARRASTRO; CONDENADO A UNA CRUEL SERVIDUMBRE, LARGO TIEMPO LARGO TIEMPO LARGO TIEMPO EN SILENCIO GIMIO. MAS APENAS EL GRITO SAGRADO LIBERTAD! EN SUS COSTAS SE OYO, LA INDOLENCIA DE ESCLAVO SACUDE, LA HUMILLADO LA HUMILLADO LA HUMILLADO CERVIZ LEVANTO, LA HUMILLADO CERVIZ LEVANTO, CERVIZ LEVANTO. WE ARE FREE; LET US ALWAYS BE SO, AND LET THE SUN RATHER DENY ITS LIGHT THAN THAT WE SHOULD FAIL THE SOLEMN VOW WHICH OUR COUNTRY RAISED TO GOD. FOR A LONG TIME THE PERUVIAN, OPPRESSED, DRAGGED THE OMINOUS CHAIN, CONDEMNED TO CRUEL SERFDOM, FOR A LONG TIME HE MOANED IN SILENCE. BUT AS SOON AS THE SACRED CRY OF FREEDOM! WAS HEARD ON HIS COASTS HE SHAKES THE INDOLENCE OF THE SLAVE, HE RAISES HIS HUMILIATED HEAD.