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Words by: Manuel Fernández Juncos Music by: Félix Astol Artés In use since: 1903, officially adopted 1952 (music), 1977 (lyrics) Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra "La Borinqueña" is a reference to the original native inhabitant's word for the island "Boriken" or "Borinquen". The music was first composed in 1867 as a dance, with romantic lyrics. The revolutionary and poetess Lola Rodríguez de Tió wrote words to accompany it the following year, but they were deemed too subversive to be adopted by the government, so new ones were written by Manuel Fernández Juncos. (The original lyrics are used by the independentist movement). The anthem was officially adopted in 1952 on becoming a Commonwealth of the United States, but the lyrics weren't made official until 1977. Spanish lyrics La tierra de Borinquen donde he nacido yo es un jardín florido de mágico primor. Un cielo siempre nítido le sirve de dosel y dan arrullos plácidos las olas a sus pies. Cuando a sus playas llegó Colón exclamó lleno de admiración, "¡Oh! Esta es la linda tierra que busco yo". Es Borinquen, la hija, la hija del mar y el sol del mar y el sol, del mar y el sol del mar y el sol, del mar y el sol. English translation The land of Borinquen, where I was born, is a flower-garden of magical brilliance. An ever-clear sky is its canopy, and the waves sing lullabies at its feet. When Columbus reached these beaches, full of awe he exclaimed, "Oh! this is the lovely land that I seek." Borinquen is the daughter of the sea and the sun. the sea and the sun. the sea and the sun. the sea and the sun. the sea and the sun.