- La Zaïroise
"La Zaïroise" by
Joseph Lutumba (lyrics) andSimon-Pierre Boka Di Mpasi Londi (music) was thenational anthem ofZaïre from1972 to1997 .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
:Zairians, living in rediscovered peace,:United people, we are Zairians;:Let us go forward, proud and dignified.:A great people, a people forever free.:Tricolored flag, light in us the sacred flame,:To build our country with more beauty than before,:Around the majestic river;:Around the majestic river.
:Tricolored flag in the wind, revive the ideal,:Which links us to our ancestors and our children,:Peace, justice, and work;:Peace, justice, and work.
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.