Le Lion rouge

"Le Lion Rouge" (; "The Red Lion") is the national anthem of Senegal.

Lyrics
 French original IPA transcription Wolof translation English translation  [pɛ̃.se tu vo kɔ.ʁa fʁa.pe lɛ ba.la.fɔ̃]
[lə ljɔ̃ ʁuʒ ɑ ʁy.ʒi]
[lə dɔ̃.tœʁ də la bʁus]
[d‿œ̃ bɔ̃ s‿ɛst e.lɑ̃.se]
[di.si.pɑ̃ lɛ te.nɛbʁ]
[sɔ.lɛj syʁ no tɛ.ʁœʁ sɔ.lɛj syʁ nɔtʁ ɛs.pwaʁ]
[də.bu fʁɛʁ vwa.si l‿a.fʁik ʁa.sɑ̃.ble]

[ʁə.fʁɛ̃]
[fibʁ də mɔ̃ kœʁ vɛʁ]
[e.pol kɔ̃tʁ e.pol mɛ ply kə fʁɛʁ]
[o se.ne.ɡa.lɛ də.bu]
[y.ni.sɔ̃ la mɛʁ e lɛ suʁs y.ni.sɔ̃ la stɛp e la fɔ.ʁɛ]
[sa.ly a.fʁik mɛʁ sa.ly a.fʁik mɛʁ]  I
Everyone strum your koras, strike the balafons.
The red lion has roared.
The tamer of the savannah
Has leapt forward,
Dispelling the darkness.
Sunlight on our terrors, sunlight on our hope.
Stand up, brothers, here is Africa assembled.

Chorus:
Fibres of my green heart,
Shoulder to shoulder, my more-than-brothers,
O Senegalese, arise!
Join sea and springs, join steppe and forest!
Hail mother Africa, hail mother Africa.  II
Senegal, you the son of the lion's froth,
Sprung from the night to the gallop of horses,
Give us, oh! give us the honour of our ancestors,
Splendid as ebony and strong as muscle,
We say it clearly – the sword has no flaw.

Chorus

Senegal, we take on your great work:
To shelter the chicks from the falcons,
To make, from east to west, north to south,
Arisen, one single people, a people without seams,
But a people turned to all the winds of the earth.

Chorus

Senegal, like you, like all our heroes,
We will be hard without hatred, with two open arms.
The sword in peace-time we will store in the scabbard,
For work and words will be our weapon.
The Bantu is a brother, and so is the Arab and the White.

Chorus

But if the enemy burns our borders
We will be risen with weapons in our hands:
One people defying all sorrows with its faith,
Young and old, men and women.
Death, yes! We say death, but not shame.

Chorus

References

Category:African anthems
Category:Senegalese culture