I don't understand all the fuss about making translated versions of the National Anthem.
After all... it's not anything new for immigrant groups or those who speak other languages to write and perform version of the Star Spangled Banner as a way of expressing thier patriotism and pride, and sometimes non-immigrants make thier own versions, as Jimmy Hendrix did so brilliantly, as a patriotic protest.
Here's the Star Spangled Banner in Yiddish:
Here's a Polish translation by Walery J. Fronczak (1893-1886), lawyer and immigration rights worker during the immigrant wave from European countries at the turn of the last century, which is quoted from an article explaining the patriotic ways that Polish immigrants celebrate
The 4th of July - Polish-American Style:
Gwiazdzisty Sztandar
O, czy widzisz Ty - wczesny swit spedza mrok.
Sztandar, co duma nas napawal przy zorz sklonie
I czarem swych barw, gwiazd, gdy go przez wa_ strzegl wzrok,
Lsnia, chociaz krwawy boj nikl w wieczora oslonie?
Przez cala noc ryk dzial, i blysk rakiet wiesc slal,
ze jeszcze ten nasz pelen sily znak stal.
O, czy gwiazdzisty sztandar powiewa jak wprzod,
Kedy wzrosl wolny kraj, gdzie wzniosl dom dzielny lud?
O, niech tak bedzie wciaz, gdy stanie wolny lud,
By uchronic swoj kraj od zniszczen wojny, glodu!
Niech z niebios laska kraj triumf swieci przez trud,
Niechaj slawi te Moc, ktora Stra__ Narodu.
W proch pasc musi nasz wrog.
Bo prawa bronim drog.
To haslo tkwi w nas:
"Wiara! Z nami wciaz Bog!"
O, niech gwiazdzisty sztandar powiewa jak wprzod,
Kady wzrosl wolny kraj, gdzie wzniosl dom dzielny lud.
There is this version in American Sign Language:
Star Spangled Banner in ASL
Should deaf people also be forced to sing the National Anthem in 'english only'?
So.. what's the big deal about a Spanish translation? Especially since the spirit in which it was done was with respect. It's regrettable that some are trying to turn the gesture on it's head and twist it into something negative. If it were sung in any other language besides Spanish it would have been applauded...