Gloriosa celeste [English translation]

Glorious blue sky

born from the hood, from the street football,

from the barren lands, the field, the pastures,

from the breaks in the school with a paper ball.

Glorious blue sky

the clear sky is your majestic flag,

is infinite, the greatest flag,

the one which is always present

whether Uruguay plays or not.

With the blue sky showing in the chest

one always plays to be champion,

when the glorious blue sky plays

the heart sweats the shirt.

One only yell: go Uruguay!

it becomes of everyone, without distinctions

the joined emotions enlarge

and the Uruguay can't fit in the throat.

Glorious blue sky,

is the illusion of a people everytime it plays,

is rebeliousness and passion when it gives in

to something more than the simple fact of winning or losing.

Glorious blue sky,

history toasts with the cup of life

for the past victories that are still alive,

the ones motivating the present and the blue sky heart.

With the blue sky showing in the chest

one always plays to be champion,

when the glorious blue sky plays

the heart sweats the shirt.

One only yell: go Uruguay!

it becomes of everyone, without distinctions

the joined emotions enlarge

and the Uruguay can't fit in the throat.