kayaka11:

I was curious about what y’all sing at the World Cup. So, here comes a short summary of the national anthems. Please let me know, if I’ve made a mistake.

Croatia: We love our beautiful land.

Costa Rica: Peace, prestige, esteem and honor.

Germany: Unity and justice and freedom.

France: To arms, citizens, form your battalions, let’s march, let’s march! So that the impure blood water our fields!

England: God save the Queen.

Belgium: O Belgium, you have our heart, soul and blood. For king, for freedom and for law.

Portugal: To arms, to arms! Over land, over sea. For the Fatherland, fight! Against the cannons, march on, march on.

Spain: No official lyrics.

Brazil: Independence.

Russia: Be glorious, our country! We’re proud of you.

Sweden: Loveliest land upon Earth. I want to live and I want to die in the North.

Japan: May your reign continue for a thousand, eight thousand generations, until the pebbles grow into boulders lush with moss.

Korea: Stay true to the Korean way.

Argentina: Independence.

Uruguay: Liberty or Death.

Egypt: My homeland, you have my love and my heart.

Australia: Advance Australia Fair.

Denmark: Lovely land, the Sea and Freya.

Iran: Imam, martyrs and freedom.

Iceland: God.

Colombia: In furrows of pain, now goodness germinates.

Morocco: God, homeland and king.

Mexico: Mexicans, at the cry of war, make ready the steel and the bridle, and may the Earth tremble at its core at the resounding roar of the cannon.

Nigeria: Peace, justice, unity and freedom.

Panama: In your soil covered with flowers, to the kisses of the warm terrestrial breeze, warrior roars have ceased; only fraternal love reigns.

Peru: We are free!

Poland: Under the command of General Dąbrowski, we shall rejoin the nation.

Saudi Arabia: God, homeland and king.

Switzerland: God.

Senegal: Koras, balafons, sunlight, hope and Mother Africa.

Serbia: God, please protect Serbia.

Tunisia: We die for the sake of our land.