Hino de Santa Maria da Boa Vista - PE

On this happy bank of the great river
Boa Vista emerged and goes like this...
From the backlands to the heat of the fierce sun
From work aiming at the noble end.

It's our land
It's our people
Here ends the ardent love
Of our parents
Of the dear mothers
Royal standards of our lives

Its coats of arms are the very honored name
Of the ancient families it generated
Its glory is to know that in the past
Its future of peace has a pledge.

In its name the virgin saint is exalted
Divine patroness of the place.
There in the mountains the cross rises
To Brazil, proclaiming our faith.

Its history of good will be told
By the tenacious fiber of its children
In its success in the struggle for life
Gathering its trophies of civic duty.