Dio vi salvi Regina explained

Dio vi salvi Regina (Italian for "God save you Queen") is a Corsican folk song. It is considered the de facto "national anthem" of Corsica. It is customarily sung it at the end of concerts of Corsican folk music.

It was written as a religious song in Italy by Francis de Geronimo (later canonized) about 1675. It was adopted de facto as the national anthem of Corsica when it proclaimed independence from the Republic of Genoa at Orezza, on 30 January 1735. Traditionally, a shepherd, Salvadore Costa, is credited[1] with converting the hymn not only to a Corsican anthem, but to a rallying symbol for Corsican independence. It was first performed at the Chapel of St. Mark (San Marco) on 25 April 1720.[1]

The anthem requests the intercessory protection of the Virgin Mary, heartily concurred in by the independence leaders. There were a few changes, such as in the second stanza from "disperati" (desperate) to "tribolati" (troubled). The commonly used version's last stanza was an original addition, written in the Corsican language, which makes reference to victory against enemies of Corsica, as to highlight the adopted lyrics' intended use.

Lyrics

Corsican text

!Text[2] !IPA (Northern Corsican)
Diu vi salvi Regina È madre universale Per cui favor si sale Al paradisu.

Voi siete gioa è risu Di tutti i scunsulati Di tutti i tribulati Unica speme.

À voi sospira è geme Il nostru afflitu core In un mar' di dolore È d'amarezza.

Maria, mar' di dolcezza I vostri ochji pietosi Materni ed amorosi À noi volgete.

Noi miseri accogliete Nel vostru santu velu Il vostru figliu in celu À noi mostrate.

Gradite ed ascultate Ô vergine Maria Dolce è clemente è pia Gli affleti nostri.

Voi da i nemici nostri À noi date vitoria E poi l'eterna gloria In paradisu.

diu vi 'zalvi re'ʤina e madre wniver'salɛ pek'kuj fa'vɔr si 'zalɛ al para'ðizu

boj 'sjete 'ʤoa e rizudi tutti j skũnsu'ladidi dutti i tribu'ladi'uniga 'speme

a bboj zospira e ʤemeu 'nostrw af'flittu gorein ũn mar di do'lɔrɛe ðama'rɛttsa

Ma'ria mar di ðɔl'ʧɛttsaI 'bɔstrj ɔcci pjɛ'tɔzima'dernj eðamɔrɔzia noj bol'ʤɛdɛ

gra'dide ed askul'tadeo 'verʤine mar'ia'dolʧe e kle'mɛnte 'pialjaf'fleti 'nɔstri

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Antonini, Paulu, L'origine di u Dio vi Salvi Regina – les origines du Dio vi Salvi Regina, Accademia corsa . 6 September 2006 . 4 June 2012 . https://archive.today/20120604090727/http://www.accademiacorsa.org/dio.html . dead .
  2. Web site: Dio vi salvi Regina, un canto mariano inno della Nazione Corsa. Redazione. 2015-12-08. Corsica Oggi. it-IT. 2019-07-03.