La Zairoise
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La Zaïroise by Joseph Lutumba (lyrics) and Simon-Pierre Boka Di Mpasi Londi (music) was the national anthem of Zaïre from 1972 to 1997.
Original lyrics in French
- Zaïrois dans la paix retrouvée,
- Peuple uni, nous sommes Zaïrois
- En avant fier et plein de dignité
- Peuple grand, peuple libre à jamais
- Tricolore, enflamme nous du feu sacré
- Pour bâtir notre pays toujours plus beau
- Autour d'un fleuve Majesté (2×)
- Tricolore au vent, ravive l'idéal
- Qui nous relie aux aïeux, à nos enfants
- Paix, justice et travail. (2×)
English translation
- Zaïrians in peace recovered
- United people, we are Zaïrians
- Forward, proud and full of dignity
- A great people, a people forever free
- Three-colored flag, ignite us with thy sacred fire
- To make our country ever more beautiful
- Around the majestic river (2×)
- Three-colored flag in the wind, revive the ideal
- That unites us with our ancestors, with our children,
- Peace, justice, and labor (2×)
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