Switzerland
National Anthem
German Version
Trittst im
Morgenrot daher,
Seh' ich dich im Strahlenmeer,
Dich, du Hocherhabener, Herrlicher!
Wenn der Alpen Firn sich rötet,
Betet, freie Schweizer, betet,
Eure fromme Seele ahnt
Gott im hehren Vaterland!
Gott, den Herrn, im hehren
Vaterland!
French
Version
Sur
nos monts, quand le soleil
Annonce un brillant réveil,
Et prédit d'un plus
beau jour le retour,
Les beautés de la patrie
Parlent à l'âme
attendrie;
Au ciel montent plus joyeux
Les accents d'un coeur pieux,
Les accents émus d'un
coeur pieux.
Italian
Version
Quando
bionda aurora
Il mattin c'indora,
L'alma mia t'adora
Re del Ciel.
Quando l'alpe già rosseggia
A pregare allor t'atteggia,
In favor del patrio suol,
Cittadino Iddio lo vuol,
Cittadino Dio, si Dio lo vuol.
Rumantsch
(Latin) Version
In l'aurora la daman
At cugnuoscha bain l'uman,
Spiert etern dominatur,
Tuot pussant!
Cur ils munts straglüschan
sura,
Ura, liber Svizzer, ura.
Tia orma sainta ferm
Dieu in tschêl, il bap
etern.
Dieu in tschêl, il bap,
il bap etern.
English
Version
When
the morning skies grow red
And o'er their radiance shed,
Thou, O Lord, appeareth in
their light.
When the Alps glow bright
with splendour,
Pray to God, to Him surrender,
For you feel and understand,
For you feel and understand,
That he dwelleth in this land.
That he dwelleth in this land.
In
the sunset Thou art nigh
And beyond the starry sky,
Thou, O loving Father, ever
near.
When to Heaven we are departing,
Joy and bliss Thou'lt be imparting,
For we feel and understand
For we feel and understand
That Thou dwellest in this
land.
That Thou dwellest in this
land.
When
dark clouds enshroud the hills
And gray mist the valley fills,
Yet Thou art not hidden from
Thy sons.
Pierce the gloom in which
we cower
With Thy sunshine's cleansing
power
Then we'll feel and understand
Then we'll feel and understand
That God dwelleth in this
land.
That God dwelleth in this
land.
Source
Capital
Bern
Independence
Day
August 1 1291
Population
8,654,622
Latest
population
Emergency
numbers
Ambulance:
144
Fire: 118
Police: 117
Bordering
countries
Austria,
France, Italy, Liechtenstein,
Germany
Maritime boundaries