I looked up the translation, and yes, was surprised at how different they are. I wonder if that was on purpose, or they just didn't know how to fit the translation into the music, so they created a new one from scratch?
I only speak about five words in French, most of which I can't pronounce properly. My few attempts at singing "Michelle" were atrocious enough to cause bloodlust in any French-speaking person that had the misfortune of listening. ^^U
Our national anthem has been one and the same since the beginning, but it had to be shortened when the music was composed, because otherwise we'd be singing for half an hour every time (apparently they recited all nine stanzas before it had music). It had to be toned down a bit, too, because it was heavily anti-Spain (when the lyrics were written we'd very recently declared independence and were still recovering from the independence war) and the composer of the music was Spaniard by birth. ^^U
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Date: 2009-06-19 02:44 am (UTC)I only speak about five words in French, most of which I can't pronounce properly. My few attempts at singing "Michelle" were atrocious enough to cause bloodlust in any French-speaking person that had the misfortune of listening. ^^U
Our national anthem has been one and the same since the beginning, but it had to be shortened when the music was composed, because otherwise we'd be singing for half an hour every time (apparently they recited all nine stanzas before it had music). It had to be toned down a bit, too, because it was heavily anti-Spain (when the lyrics were written we'd very recently declared independence and were still recovering from the independence war) and the composer of the music was Spaniard by birth. ^^U