Inno al Re composed by Giovanni Paisiello

Giovanni Paisiello

Giovanni Paisiello was an Italian composer of the Classical era.-Life:Paisiello was born at Taranto and educated by the Jesuits there. He became known for his beautiful singing voice and in 1754 was sent to the Conservatorio di S. Onofrio at Naples, where he studied under Francesco Durante, and...

, was the national anthem

National anthem

A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that evokes and eulogizes the history, traditions and struggles of its people, recognized either by a nation's government as the official national song, or by convention through use by the people.- History :Anthems rose to prominence...

 of the southern European country Two Sicilies from 1861 until the Italian unification

Italian unification

Italian unification was the political and social movement that agglomerated different states of the Italian peninsula into the single state of Italy in the 19th century...

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Lyrics

These are the lyrics which were used during the time of the kingdom. In the example, below the name of Ferdinand

Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies

Ferdinand I reigned variously over Naples, Sicily, and the Two Sicilies from 1759 until his death. He was the third son of King Charles III of Spain by his wife Maria Amalia of Saxony. On 10 August 1759, Charles succeeded his elder brother, Ferdinand VI, as King Charles III of Spain...

 could be replaced by whichever Bourbon king was ruling the Two Sicilies at the time. The "double throne of his fathers" is a reference to the fact that Naples

Kingdom of Naples

The Kingdom of Naples, comprising the southern part of the Italian peninsula, was the remainder of the old Kingdom of Sicily after secession of the island of Sicily as a result of the Sicilian Vespers rebellion of 1282. Known to contemporaries as the Kingdom of Sicily, it is dubbed Kingdom of...

 and the Sicily

Kingdom of Sicily

The Kingdom of Sicily was a state that existed in the south of Italy from its founding by Roger II in 1130 until 1816. It was a successor state of the County of Sicily, which had been founded in 1071 during the Norman conquest of southern Italy...

 were two kingdoms, hence the name of the country "Two" Sicilies.

Italian lyrics Iddio conservi il Re per lunga e lunga età come nel cor ci sta viva Fernando il Re! Iddio lo serbi al duplice trono dei Padri suoi Iddio lo serbi a noi! viva Fernando il Re!

English translation God save the king for a long, long time as he is in our hearts long live Ferdinand, the king! God save him to the double throne of his fathers God save him to us! long live Ferdinand, the king!

"Back from the Past"

A new set of lyrics has been written by Neapolitan songwriter Riccardo Pazzaglia

Riccardo Pazzaglia

Riccardo Pazzaglia was an Italian actor, film director, screenwriter, songwriter , TV and radio host ....

 to go along with the original composition. This variation of the anthem is known as Ritornati dal passato, meaning Back from the Past. It has been officially adopted as the anthem of the Two Sicilies independence movement in Southern Italy. Below are the lyrics written by Riccardo Pazzaglia;

Italian lyrics Dio ti salvi, cara patria che ti distendi in questo antico mare d'eroi, millenaria culla del pensiero che nacque in Grecia e in questa terra rifiorí. Cancellata dalla Storia, le tue bandiere vengono rialzate da noi. Sulle sacre torri di Gaeta scriviamo ancora la parola: Dignità. Soldato del Volturno che cadesti qui, nessuno per cent'anni il nome tuo scolpí. Dai figli che visti non hai l'onore tu riavrai. Ritornati dal passato, chi in noi crederà stavolta vincerà. Va avanti, tamburino, suona come allor: assente la fortuna non mancò il valor. Il Fato che un dí ci tradí adesso ci riuní. Ritornati dal passato, chi in noi crederà stavolta vincerà.

English translation Let God save you, dear homeland that stretches out in this ancient sea of heroes, cradle of thought that, born in Greece Magna Graecia Magna Græcia is the name of the coastal areas of Southern Italy on the Tarentine Gulf that were extensively colonized by Greek settlers; particularly the Achaean colonies of Tarentum, Crotone, and Sybaris, but also, more loosely, the cities of Cumae and Neapolis to the north... , in this land flourished anew. Erased from history, we are once again flying your flags. On the sacred towers of Gaeta Gaeta Gaeta is a city and comune in the province of Latina, in Lazio, central Italy. Set on a promontory stretching towards the Gulf of Gaeta, it is 120 km from Rome and 80 km from Naples.... we write again the word: Dignity. Soldier Battle of Volturnus (1860) The Battle of Volturnus or Volturno refers to a series of military clashes between Giuseppe Garibaldi's volunteers and the troops of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies occurred around the river Volturno, in northern Campania, in September and October 1860...  of the Volturno Volturno The Volturno is a river in south-central Italy.-Geography:It rises in the Abruzzese central Apennines of Samnium near Rocchetta a Volturno and flows southeast as far as its junction with the Calore River near Caiazzo and runs south as far as Venafro, and then turns southwest, past Capua, to... , you that fell here, noone for a hundred years has engraved your name. The children you never knew Italian diaspora The term Italian diaspora refers to the large-scale migration of Italians away from Italy in the period roughly beginning with the unification of Italy in 1861 and ending with the Italian economic miracle in the 1960s... will return honour to you. Back from the past, those who believe in us this time will win. Go ahead, drummer, beat like you once did: without luck but not without courage. Fate that betrayed us now reunites us. Back from the past those who believe in us this time will win.