Angola Avante

Angola Avante! (Forward Angola!) is the national anthem of Angola. It was adopted in 1975 upon independence from Portugal.

Portuguese original

O PÃÂÃÂ¡tria, nunca mais esqueceremos
Os herÃÂÃÂ³is do quatro de Fevereiro.
O PÃÂÃÂ¡tria, nÃÂÃÂ³s saudamos os teus filhos
Tombados pela nossa IndependÃÂÃÂªncia.
Honramos o passado e a nossa HistÃÂÃÂ³ria,
Construindo no Trabalho o Homem novo,
(repeat previous two lines)

CHORUS
Angola, avante!
RevoluÃÂÃÂ§ÃÂÃÂ£o, pelo Poder Popular!
PÃÂÃÂ¡tria Unida, Liberdade,
Um sÃÂÃÂ³ povo, uma sÃÂÃÂ³ NaÃÂÃÂ§ÃÂÃÂ£o!
(repeat chorus)

Levantemos nossas vozes libertadas
Para glÃÂÃÂ³ria dos povos africanos.
Marchemos, combatentes angolanos,
SolidÃÂÃÂ¡rios com os povos oprimidos.
Orgulhosos lutaremos Pela Paz
Com as forÃÂÃÂ§as progressistas do mundo.
(repeat previous two lines)

CHORUS

English Translation

O Fatherland, we shall never forget
The heroes of the Fourth of February.
O Fatherland, we salute your sons
Who died for our Independence.
We honor the past and our history
As by our work we build the New Man.
(repeat previous two lines)

CHORUS
Forward, Angola!
Revolution through the power of the People!
A United Country, Freedom,
One People, one Nation!
(repeat chorus)

Let us raise our liberated voices
To the glory of the peoples of Africa.
We shall march, Angolan fighters,
In solidarity with oppressed peoples.
We shall fight proudly for Peace
Along with the progressive forces of the world.
'\'(repeat previous two lines)''

CHORUS