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pincez tous vos koras,
frappez les balafons,
la lion rouge a rugi
le dompteur de la brousse
d'un bond s'est elance
dissipant les tenebres.
soleil sur nos terreurs,
soleil sur nos espoirs.
debout freres voici l'afrique
rassemblee.
fibres de mon coeur vert,
epaule contre epaule,
mes plus que freres
o senegalais, debout!
unissons la mer et les sources,
unissons la steppe et la foret.
salut afrique mere.
senegal, toi le fils
de l'ecume du lion,
toi surgi de la nuit
au galop des chevaux,
rends-nous, oh! rends-nous
l'honneur de nos ancetres,
splendides comme ebene et forte comme
le muscle nous disons droits -
l'epee n'a pas une bavure.
senegal, nous faisons
notre ton grand dessin:
rassembler les poiussins
a l'abri des milans
pour en faire, de l'est
a l'ouest, du nord au sud,
dresse, un meme peuple,
un peuple sans couture
mais un peuple tourne
vers tous les vents du monde.
sound, all of you, your koras,
beat the drums, the red lion has
roared the tamer of the bush
with one leap has rushed forward
scattering the gloom.
light on our terrors,
light on our hopes.
arise, brothers,
africa behold united.
shoulder to shoulder,
o people of senegal,
more than brothers to me, arise!
unite the sea and the springs,
unite the steppe and the forest.
hail mother africa.
senegal, thou son of the lion,
arise in the night with great speed,
restore, o restore to us
the honour of our ancestors,
magnificent as ebony
and strong as muscles,
we are a straight people -
the sword has no fault.
senegal, we make your
great design our own:
to gather the chicks,
sheltering them from kites,
to make from them,
from east to west,
from north to south,
a people rising as one,
in seamless unity,
yet a people facing
all the winds of the earth.