What is Belgium’s national anthem called, and what are the lyrics in English?
BELGIUM’S national anthem La Brabanconne is sung in three languages, has three verses – and at the Euros this Summer all eyes will be on three of their key players.
The trio of Kevin De Bruyne, Eden Hazard and Romelu Lukaku hope to fire Belgium to their first major trophy – after they finished third at the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
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And after quarter-final disappointment at Euro 2016 the Red Devils will be hoping their holy trinity can help their golden generation deliver on a golden promise.
What are the lyrics to La Brabanconne?
Verse 1
Noble Belgique, ô mère chérie,
À toi nos cœurs, à toi nos bras,
À toi notre sang, ô Patrie !
Nous le jurons tous, tu vivras !
Tu vivras toujours grande et belle
Et ton invincible unité
Aura pour devise immortelle :
Le Roi, la Loi, la Liberté!
Verse 2
O dierbaar België, O heilig land der Vaad’ren,
Onze ziel en ons hart zijn u gewijd.
Aanvaard ons kracht en het bloed van onze ad’ren,
Wees ons doel in arbeid en in strijd.
Bloei, o land, in eendracht niet te breken;
Wees immer uzelf en ongeknecht,
Het woord getrouw, dat g’ onbevreesd moogt spreken,
Voor Vorst, voor Vrijheid en voor Recht!
Verse 3
O liebes Land, o Belgiens Erde,
Dir unser Herz, Dir unsere Hand,
Dir unser Blut, o Heimaterde,
wir schwören’s Dir, o Vaterland!
So blühe froh in voller Schöne,
zu der die Freiheit Dich erzog,
und fortan singen Deine Söhne:
Gesetz und König und die Freiheit hoch!
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What are the lyrics in English?
Verse 1
Noble Belgium; O, mother dear;
To you we stretch our hearts and arms,
With blood to spill for you, O fatherland!
We swear with one cry, you shall live!
You shall live, so great and beautiful,
And your invincible unity
Shall have for device immortal:
The King, the Law, the Liberty!
Verse 2
O dear Belgium; O, holy land of the fathers,
Our soul and our heart are devoted to you!
Accept our strength and the blood in our veins,
Be our goal, in work and struggle.
Prosper, O land, in unbreakable unity;
Always be yourself and serve no other,
Faithful to the word that you may speak boldly,
For King, for Freedom and for Law!
Verse 3
O, dear country; O, Belgium’s soil;
To you our heart, to you our hands,
To you our blood; O, native land,
We swear to you; O, fatherland!
So gladly bloom in beauty full,
Into what freedom has taught you to be,
And evermore shall sing your sons:
To Law and King and Freedom, hail!