Eusko Abendaren Ereserkia

Eusko Abendaren Ereserkia ("Anthem of the Basque Homeland") is the national anthem of the Basque Country. It should not be confused with Eusko Gudariak ("Basque Soldiers"), the anthem of the Eusko Gudarostea[?] (the Basque National Army during the Spanish Civil War) or with the Gernikako Arbola[?] ("The tree of Guernica"), a popular Basque song.

It was a traditional Basque music. The founder of Basque nationalism[?] Sabino Arana[?] wrote the lyrics. It was used by his party PNV[?] and in the 1930s adopted by the first Basque government.

Its re-proclamation by the Basque Parliament on 14 April 1983 was opposed by several parties that deemed it still to be bound to the PNV rather than to the rest of the Basques.

Biscayne Basque	English translation
Gora ta Gora Euskadi aintza ta aintza bere goiko Jaun Onari. Areitz bat Bizkaian da Zar sendo sindo bera ta bere lagia lakua Areitz gainean dogu gurutza deuna beti geure goi buru Abestu gora Euskadi aintza ta aintza bere goiko Jaun Onari	Up and up Basque Country glory and glory to its Good Lord from above. There is an oak tree in Biscay old strong sindo bera ta bere lagia lakua On the tree we find the holy cross always our top goal (?) Sing "Up Basque Country" glory and glory to its Good Lord from above

External Link

• Institutional symbols of the Basque Country: Anthem and Flag (http://www.euskadi.net/autogobierno/simbolos_i.htm), at the Basque Government site.