FRENCH LYRICS

Salut à toi, pays de nos aieux!
Toi qui les rendais forts, paisibles et joyeux,
Cultivant vertu, vaillance
Pour la postérité.
Que viennent les tyrans, ton coeur soupire vers la liberté.
Togo, debout! Luttons sans défaillance,
Vainquons ou mourons, mais dans la dignité.
Grand Dieu, Toi seul nous as exaltés
Du Togo pour la prospérité,
Togolais, viens! Batissons la Cité!

Dans l'unité nous voulons te servir,
C'est bien là de nos coeurs le plus ardent désir.
Clamons fort notre devise
Que rien ne peut ternir.
Seuls artisans de ton bonheur ainsi que de ton avenir,
Brisons partout les chaînes, la traîtrise
Et nous te jurons toujours fidélité
Et aimer, servir, se dépasser,
Faire encore de toi sans nous lasser
Togo Chéri, l'Or de l'Humanité.

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ENGLISH TRANSLATION
 
Hail to thee, land of our forefathers,
Thou who made them strong, peaceful and happy,
Men who for posterity cultivated virtue and bravery.
Even if tyrants shall come, thy heart yearns towards freedom.
Togo arise! Let us struggle without faltering.
Victory or death, but dignity.
God almighty, Thou alone hast made Togo prosper.
People of Togo arise! Let us build the nation.

To serve thee in unity is the most burning desire of our hearts. 
Let us shout aloud our motto 
That nothing can tarnish. 
We the only builders of thy happiness and of thy future, 
Everywhere let us break chains and treachery, 
And we swear to thee for ever faith, love, service, untiring zeal, 
To make thee yet, beloved Togo, a golden example for humanity. 

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Togo
"Salut à toi, pays de nos aïeux" (Hail to thee, land of our forefathers)

Words by:Alex Casimir-Dosseh
Music by:Alex Casimir-Dosseh
Adopted:1960, replaced 1979, restored 1991

Originally adopted on independence in 1960, the national anthem was replaced in
1979 and readopted in 1991, when Western-mandated reforms were brought in and
one-party rule dropped.

See also: Togo_(1979-1991).

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