O say can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming, Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
متن اصلی به همراه ترجمه غیر رسمی فارسی بند اول: O say, can you see, by the dawn's early light, در این اولین نور سپیده دم، بگو آیا می‌بینی What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming, آنچه در سوسوی غروب دیروز با افتخار بر آن سلام میدادیم؟ Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight, پرچمی که خطوط راه راه پهن و ستارگان درخشانش را در طول این نبرد پر خطر O’er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?