FRENCH LYRICS

Salut ô terre d'espérance;
Pays de l'hospitalité.
Tes légions remplies de vaillance
Ont relevé ta dignité.

Tes fils chère Côte d'Ivoire
Fiers artisans de ta grandeur,
Tous rasemblés et pour ta gloire
Te b­tiront dans le bonheur.

Fiers Ivoiriens, le pays nous appelle.
Si nous avons dans la paix ramené la liberté,
Notre devoir sera d'être un modèle
De l'espérance promise à l'humanité,
En forgeant, unie dans la foi nouvelle,
La patrie de la vraie fraternité.

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ENGLISH TRANSLATION
 
We salute you, O land of hope,
Country of hospitality;
Thy gallant legions
Have restored thy dignity.

Beloved Ivory Coast, thy sons,
Proud builders of thy greatness,
All mustered together for thy glory,
In joy will construct thee.

Proud citizens of the Ivory Coast, the country call us.
If we have brought back liberty peacefully,
It will be our duty to be an example
Of the hope promised to humanity,
Forging unitedly in new faith
The Fatherland of true brotherhood. 


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Cote d'Ivoire
"L'Abidjanaise" (Song of Abidjan)

Words by:Mathieu Ekra, Joachim Bony and Pierre Marie Coty
Music by:Pierre Marie Coty and Pierre Michel Pango
Adopted:1960

Formerly kown as the Ivory Coast, this nation changed its name and capital city
in the 1980s, but kept "L'Abidjanaise" (Song of Abidjan) as the title of the
anthem; interestingly, since the capital was moved from Abidjan to Yamoussoukro
(yet Abidjan remains as the largest city).
