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- herois do mar, nobre povo,
- nacao valente, imortal
- levantai hoje de novo
- o esplendor de portugal!
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- entre as brumasde memoria,
- o patria, sentese a vos
- dos teus egregios avos,
- que hade guiarte a vitoria!
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- as armas, as armas!
- sobre a terra, sobre o mar,
- as armas, as armas!
- pela patria lutar!
- contra as canhones marchar, marchar!
- desfralda a invicta bandeira
- a luz viva do teu ceu!
- brade a europa a terra inteira:
- portugal nao pereceu!
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- beija o solo teu jucundo oceano
- a rugir d'amor,
- e o teu braco vencedor deu novos
- mundos ao mundo!
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- saudai o sol que desponta
- sobre um ridente porvir;
- seja o eco de uma afronta
- o sinal do ressurgir.
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- raios dessa aurora forte
- sao como beijos de mae
- que nos guardam, nos sustem
- contra as injurias da sorte.
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- heroes of the sea, noble race
- valiant and immortal nation,
- now is the hour to raise up on high
- once more portugal's splendour.
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- from out of the mists of memory,
- oh homeland, we hear the voices
- of your great forefathers
- that shall lead you on to victory!
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- to arms, to arms on land and sea!
- to arms, to arms
- to fight for our homeland!
- to march against the enemy guns!
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- unfurl the unconquerable flag in the
- bright light of your sky!
- cry out to europe and the whole world
- that portugal has not perished.
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- your happy land is kissed
- by the ocean that murmurs with love.
- and your conquering arm
- has given new worlds to the world!
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- salute the sun that rises
- on a smiling future;
- let the echo of an insult
- be the signal for our revival.
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- the rays of that powerful dawn
- are like a mother's kisses
- that protect us and support us
- against the insults of fate.
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