{{Short description|National anthem of the Kingdom of Portugal}} {{Infobox anthem | title = | transcription = ''Hymno da Carta'' | english_title = Hymn of the Charter | image = Hymno da Carta - capa.jpg | image_size = 200px | caption = Copy of the original "Hymno da Carta". | prefix = Former national | country = {{Flagicon image|Flag Portugal (1830).svg}} [[Kingdom of Portugal|Portugal]] | author = | lyrics_date = | composer = [[Pedro I of Brazil|Pedro IV of Portugal]] | music_date = 1821 | adopted = May 1834 | until = 5 October 1910 | predecessor = [[Hymno Patriotico]] | successor = [[A Portuguesa]] | sound = | sound_title = }} [[File:Hino da Carta.ogg|thumb|"Hino da Carta" (instrumental)]] [[File:PORTUGUEZ-HYMNO pela banda do Corpo de Bombeiros.ogg|thumb|Instrumental version performed by the [[Military band|Band]] of the [[Military Firefighters Corps of the State of Rio de Janeiro|Firefighters Corps of Rio de Janeiro]], 1906]] The '''''Hymno da Carta''''' ({{langx|en|Hymn of the Charter}}, modern Portuguese spelling: ''Hino da Carta'') was officially proclaimed the [[national anthem]] of the [[Kingdom of Portugal]] in May 1834.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalanthems.info/pt-10.htm|title=Portugal (1834-1910)|date=7 April 2013|website=nationalanthems.info|accessdate=24 December 2018}}</ref> It was composed by King [[Pedro I of Brazil|Pedro IV of Portugal]]. "Carta" stands for the Constitutional Charter which Pedro IV granted to [[Portugal]]. The anthem remained officially in place until 19 July 1911,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalanthems.info/pt.htm|title=Portugal|date=7 April 2013|website=nationalanthems.info|accessdate=24 December 2018}}</ref> nine months after Portugal became a republic, and was replaced by ''[[A Portuguesa]]''.
== Lyrics == {| class="wikitable" |- !Portuguese lyrics !! Approximate translation |- !colspan="2"|First stanza |- |style="font-weight:bold;"| Ó Pátria, Ó Rei, Ó Povo,<br /> Ama a tua religião,<br /> Observa e guarda sempre<br /> Divinal Constituição
|style="font-weight:bold;"| O Fatherland, O King and People,<br /> Love your religion!<br /> Observe and guard always<br /> Our Divine Constitution!<br /> |- !colspan="2"|Chorus |- |style="font-weight:bold;"| Viva, viva, viva o Rei<br /> Viva a Santa Religião<br /> Viva, Lusos Valorosos,<br /> A feliz Constituição<br /> A feliz Constituição |style="font-weight:bold;"| Hail, hail, hail the King!<br /> Hail our Holy Religion!<br /> Hail, oh Valiant Lusitanians,<br /> Our blessed Constitution<br /> Our blessed Constitution! |- !colspan="2"|Second stanza |- | Oh com quanto desafogo<br /> Na comum agitação<br /> Dá vigor às almas todas,<br /> Divinal Constituição | Oh with what relief<br /> In the common agitation<br /> It gives vigor to all souls,<br /> Our Divine Constitution |- !colspan="2"|Chorus |- !colspan="2"|Third stanza |- | Venturosos nós seremos<br /> Em perfeita união,<br /> Tendo sempre em vista todos<br /> Divinal Constituição | Fortunate we shall be<br /> In perfect union,<br /> Always bearing in sight<br /> Our Divine Constitution |- !colspan="2"|Chorus |- !colspan="2"|Fourth stanza |- | A verdade não se ofusca,<br /> O Rei não s'engana, não,<br /> Proclamemos, Portugueses,<br /> Divinal Constituição | The truth cannot be obscured,<br /> The King can never do wrong,<br /> Portuguese, let us proclaim<br /> Our Divine Constitution |- !colspan="2"|Chorus |}
==See also== *[[A Portuguesa]] *[[Hymno Patriótico]]
==References== {{Reflist|}}
==External links== * [http://www.nationalanthems.info/pt-10~.jpg Music Sheet] {{in lang|en}} * [https://monarquicos.no.sapo.pt/hinos/Hino_da_Carta.zip Download the anthem ''Hino da Carta''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303210856/http://monarquicos.no.sapo.pt/hinos/Hino_da_Carta.zip |date=2016-03-03 }}
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