Fieldwork Archive
Himno a Francisco del Rosario Sánchez
Performed by Rosa Velez.
Recorded June 30, 2025 at La Casa Bienvenida, Waterbury, Connecticut.
Fragment. Misremembered as being for Juan Pablo Duarte.
Mrs. Velez is of San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic.
Hymn to Francisco del Rosario Sánchez (1817–1861), a Dominican revolutionary, politician, and former president of the Dominican Republic.
Rosa misremembers hymn as being for Juan Pablo Duarte (1813–1876), a Dominican military leader, writer, activist, and nationalist politician who was the foremost of the Founding Fathers of the Dominican Republic.
Duarte glorioso, varón ilustre
Tú que supiste jamás orar
Tú que supiste jamás orar
Glorious Duarte, illustrious man
who never knew how to pray
who never knew how to pray
Sánchez glorioso, varón ilustre
Tú que supiste jamás hollar
los sacros fueros del patriotismo
que levantaron el patrio lar
Tú que supiste jamás hollar
los sacros fueros del patriotismo
que levantaron el patrio lar
Glorious Sánchez, illustrious man
who never knew how to trample
the sacred rights of patriotism
that raised the homeland
who never knew how to trample
the sacred rights of patriotism
that raised the homeland
