NATIONAL ANTHEM

It was patriot Perucho Figueredo who composed, in 1867, the music of the Anthem. Later, in 1868, when the mambises {Cuban troops} took Bayamo City {Province of Granma}, Figueredo himself wrote the lyrics.

In its first stanza the bayameses {people from Bayamo} are encouraged to join battle because motherland comtemplates them proudly. They are told not to fear a glorious death, because to die for the homeland means to live.

In the second one it is stated that to live in chains is to live in insult and disgrace subjected. The end is a strong call (to the sound of the clarion) to raise the weapons and join fight.