WALLON LYRICS

Nos estans firs di nosse pitite patreye,
Ca lådje et lon, on djåze di ses efants.
Å prumî rang, on l' mete po l' industreye
Et dvins les årts, ele riglatixh ostant.
Nosse tere est ptite, mins nos avans l' ritchesse
Des omes sincieus k' anôblixhèt leu nom.
Et nos avans des libertés timpesse:
Vola pocwè k' on-z est firs d' esse Walons !

Di nosse passé cwand c' est k' on lét l' istwere,
On s' recresteye vormint a tchaeke foyou.
Et nosse cour crexhe cwand c' est k' on tuze al glwere
Di nos vîs peres ki n' avît måy pawou.
C' est gråce a zels ki ns djouwixhans del påye.
Il ont språtchî l' innmi dzo leu talon.
On ls a rclamé les pus vayants k' i gn åye:
Vola pocwè k' on-z est fir d' esse Walon !

Pitit payis, vos k' a tant d' grandeu d' åme,
Nos vos inmans bén, sins k' nos l' breyanxhe tot hôt.
Cwand on vs kidjåze, ås ouys montèt nos låmes
Et nos sintans nosse cour bate a gros côps !
N' åyîz nole sogne et vikez e liyesse,
Di vos efants, les bresses et l' cour sont bons.
Et nos avans les tchveas foirt près del tiesse:
Vola pocwè k' on-z est fir d' esse Walon !

On s' voet voltî inte frés del Walonreye
Et on-z est presse onk l' ôte a s' diner l' mwin.
On fwait plaijhi bén sovint sins k' on l' deye.
Nouk ni s' håynêye cwand c' est k' i vout fé l' bén.
Li tchårité ki mousse el måjhinete
N' î va k' al nute avou meye precôcions.
Li pô k' on dene on nel dene k' e catchete:
Vola pocwè k' on-z est fir d' esse Walon ! 

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FRENCH LYRICS

Nous sommes fiers de notre Wallonie,
Le monde entier admire ses enfants. 
Au premier rang brille son industrie
Et dans les arts on l'apprécie autant.
Bien que petit, notre pays surpasse
Par ses savants de plus grandes nations.
Et nous voulons des libertés en masse :
Voilà pourquoi l'on est fier d'être Wallons !

Entre Wallons, toujours on fraternise.
Dans le malheur, on aime s'entraider :
On fait le bien sans jamais qu'on le dise,
En s'efforçant de le tenir caché.
La charité visitant la chaumière
S'y prend le soir avec cent précautions :
On donne peu, mais c'est d'un coeur sincère :
Voilà pourquoi l'on est fier d'être Wallons !

Petit pays, c'est pour ta grandeur d'âme
Que nous t'aimons, sans trop le proclamer.
Notre oeil se voile aussitôt qu'on te blâme
Et notre coeur est prêt à se briser.
Ne crains jamais les coups de l'adversaire.
De tes enfants les bras te défendront
Il ne faut pas braver notre colère:
Voilà pourquoi l'on est fier d'être Wallons !

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ENGLISH TRANSLATION

Of our land Wallonia we are proud.
Her children are esteemed the world over.
Behold the triumph of her industry,
The grandeur of her arts!
Though our land be small, still her science
Surpasses that of many a populous nation
What we yearn for most is our freedom.
That is why we are proud to be Walloons!

We Walloons are brothers to one another
And comfort one another in distress
We do good without boasting about it
And try to keep it secret
Charity visiting a poor cottage
Goes by night and cautiously
We may give little, but it comes from the heart.
That is why we are proud to be Walloons!

O humble land of Wallonia,
Modestly we hail thee, land of our hearts' desire.
We are saddened when men speak ill of thee.
It truly breaks the heart!
But fear not attacks from the enemy
Thy children will defend thy high repute.
Who dare affront our anger?
That is why we are proud to be Walloons!

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Wallonia
"Li Chant des Wallons"

Words by:Théophile Bovy
Music by:Louis Hillier
In use since:1901, adopted 1998

The Walloons make up one of Belgium's main ethnic groups, residing mainly in
the southern region of Belgium known as Wallonia. The anthem, written in 1900
in a Walloon dialect from Liège, has both French and Walloon lyrics officially,
and was put to music in 1901. It gained popularity quickly and, in 1998 when
the Walloon Parliament met to define the national symbols of Wallonia,
including an anthem, "Li Tchant des Wallons" was a natural choice.

Special thanks to:PaweB Ciupak who has provided me with the MIDI.

See also: Belgium.
