LXVI
TO THE GOD OF SPAIN

Only our homelands can teach us
the ideal of human brotherhood, because
it is from our homeland that the faith in our
destiny emanates, the faith that is directed

toward the God of All. Although His face
is hidden by the clouds of Sinai, He comes
to give Moses the tablets and the mysteries
before His law is revealed in a homeland.

Oh God of Covadonga and Roncesvalles,
God of Bailén, Lord of hosts,
may your name be blessed in heaven

and in the hills and valleys of Spain,
and as I make my confession, do not silence
my voice as long as I can breathe her air.