Hino Dos Bandeirantes

Anthem of the Bandeirantes

Paulista, stop for just a moment
From your four centuries before
Your land without borders,
Your São Paulo of the 'bandeiras'!

Leave the present behind:
Look to the past ahead!

Come with Martim Afonso to São Vicente!
Climb the Serra do Mar! Beyond, up high,
Bartira dreams peacefully
In her virgin hammock of the Plateau.
Peek at her among the emerald foliage;
Kiss the Star Cross of the garland!
Now, listen! Here comes, grinding the gravel,
Nine-league boots, João Ramalho.
Up the mountain, from the lowlands of the restinga,
Comes climbing the robe
Of Nóbrega and Anchieta
Contemplate the Fields of Piratininga!
This is the College. Ahead is the backcountry.
Go! Follow the path! Face it!
Advance! Invest!

North - South - East - West,
In 'bandeira' or 'monção',
Tame the fierce Indians.

Break the jungle, open mines, cross rivers;
In the bed of the deposit
Awaken the dormant gemstones;
Twist the strong arms
And extract the gold from its hiding places!

Pan for gold, sift the ore,
Work, plant, populate.
Then return to the drizzle!

And guess through this curtain,
In the beaded adorned evening,
The sacred Hill
At the Cry of Ipiranga!
Now partially unveil the veils!

From the coffee plantation, Lord of the Horizons,
You will see flow through plains, valleys, mountains,
Factories, stations, silos, docks, skyscrapers!...