Anthem of Cusco

The Anthem of Cusco (Spanish: Himno del Cusco, Quechua: Qosqo yupaychana taki) is, along with the flag and the coat of arms, one of the official symbols of the city of Cusco. It was composed by Roberto Ojeda Campana, and its lyrics were written by Luis Nieto Miranda in 1944.

Himno del Cusco
Qosqo yupaychana taki

English: Anthem of Cusco
Lyrics of the anthem of Cusco on a plaque in the Portal de Carrizos of the Plaza de Armas of Cusco
Local anthem of Cusco, Peru
Lyrics	Luis Nieto Miranda, 1944
Music	Roberto Ojeda Campana, 1944
Published	1944 (1944)
Adopted	June 11, 1984 (1984-06-11)

History

The lyrics of the anthem were written in 1944 by the poet Cusqueño Luis Nieto Miranda and the music was composed by the Cusqueño musician Roberto Ojeda Campana. It was first used that same year in the celebration of the first day of Cusco. On June 11, 1984, the Provincial Council of the Municipality of Cusco, through Municipal Agreement No. 17, declared the original text of the lyrics official and unalterable, mandating that it be sung at all public events immediately after the National Anthem of Peru.

In 1991, the teachers Faustino Espinoza Navarro and Mario Mejía Waman, members of the Academia Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, translated the lyrics of the anthem into Quechua. On March 7, 2019, the Municipality of Cusco issued Ordinance No. 007-2019, declaring it of public interest and historical necessity to institute the singing of the Anthem of Cusco in Quechua at civic events in all public and private institutions of the Cusco Province.

Lyrics

Spanish original	Quechua translation (Faustino Espinoza and Mario Mejía, 1991)	English translation
Coro: Cusco, Cusco es tu nombre sagrado como el sol del Incario inmortal, todo el mundo te lleva en el pecho como canto y bandera triunfal. Invencible bastión de tu raza, te saludan los pueblos de pie, y la Patria que se honra en tu estirpe te coloca en la frente un laurel. Estrofa: Cusco eterno, tus áureas reliquias trabajaron orfebres del Sol. Tus hazañas tallaron los siglos y tu imagen la Gloria esculpió. Que se pongan de pie las naciones, que disparen su canto de estrellas y que el mundo te rinda homenaje inclinando en tu honor su pendón.	Qhochuntin: Qosqo, Qosqo willkasqan sutiyki inkapachaq Tayta Intin hina, teqsimuyun qhasqonpi apasunki haylli taki unanchanta hina. Mana llalliy sanaykiq pukaran, llaqtakunan much’aykusunki; Suyutaqmi aylluykiwan samisqa mat’iykiman pilluta churan. Yarayma: Wiñay Qosqo, Inti qorimanyankunan illaykikunata llank’arqan. Haylliykikunatan pacha llaqllarqan wankikitataq Kusi Pacha. Llapan suyukuna sayarichun, Ch’aska takinkuta wach’ichispa lliu pachataq yupaychasunkiku unanchanta k’umuykachispa.	Chorus: Cusco, Cusco is your sacred name like the sun of immortal Incario, everyone carries you in their heart like a hymn and triumphal flag. Invincible bastion of your race, the people stand to salute you and the homeland that is honoured in your lineage places a laurel before you. Verse: Eternal Cusco, your golden relics were worked by goldsmiths of the sun. Your exploits carved the centuries and your image was sculpted by glory. Rise to your feet, nations that shoot your songs of stars and may the world pay you homage tilting its banners in your honour.

References

Sources

Books and publications

• Mendoza, Zoila (2006). Crear y sentir lo nuestro: folclor, identidad regional y nacional en el Cusco, siglo XX (First ed.). Lima: Fondo Editorial de la PUCP. ISBN 9972-42-770-6.