{"id":37,"date":"2009-04-30T00:31:54","date_gmt":"2009-04-30T04:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/esperanto\/?p=37"},"modified":"2009-04-30T00:31:54","modified_gmt":"2009-04-30T04:31:54","slug":"la-espero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/esperanto\/la-espero\/","title":{"rendered":"La Espero"},"content":{"rendered":"

Any good Esperantist will tell you that the name of language comes from “esperi<\/strong>,” which means, “to hope.” So, what exactly are they hoping for? One of L.L. Zamenhof’s artistic works, known simply as “La Espero<\/strong>” (the hope) tries to answer that question.<\/p>\n

“La Espero” is a simple, 24-line poem written as a series of rhyming couplets in four-line stanzas. Zamenhof wrote it in the late 1800s as a means of expressing exactly what he wanted to achieve by inventing Esperanto. The poem has resounded with many Esperantists, to the point that it has become almost a hymn, or an anthem. You most likely would hear it set to music. “La Espero” is usually sung during worldwide Esperanto events, as a quick reminder why such events convene in the first place.<\/p>\n

Here is the text of the poem. Translation forthcoming!<\/p>\n

En la mondon venis nova sento,
\ntra la mondo iras forta voko;
\nper flugiloj de facila vento
\nnun de loko flugu \u011di al loko.<\/p>\n

Ne al glavo sangon soifanta
\n\u011di la homan tiras familion:
\nal la mond’ eterne militanta
\n\u011di promesas sanktan harmonion.<\/p>\n

Sub la sankta signo de l’ espero
\nkolekti\u011das pacaj batalantoj,
\nkaj rapide kreskas la afero
\nper laboro de la esperantoj.<\/p>\n

Forte staras muroj de miljaroj
\ninter la popoloj dividitaj;
\nsed dissaltos la obstinaj baroj,
\nper la sankta amo disbatitaj.<\/p>\n

Sur ne\u016dtrala lingva fundamento,
\nkomprenante unu la alian,
\nla popoloj faros en konsento
\nunu grandan rondon familian.<\/p>\n

Nia diligenta kolegaro
\nen laboro paca ne laci\u011dos,
\n\u011dis la bela son\u011do de l’ homaro
\npor eterna ben’ efektivi\u011dos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Any good Esperantist will tell you that the name of language comes from “esperi,” which means, “to hope.” So, what exactly are they hoping for? One of L.L. Zamenhof’s artistic works, known simply as “La Espero” (the hope) tries to answer that question. “La Espero” is a simple, 24-line poem written as a series of…<\/p>\n

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