Chad National Anthem
La Tchadienne
The Chadian Song
1960
1960
Louis Gidrol / Students of Saint-Paul
Paul Villard
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Key Facts
- 1. The words were written after a competition, by Louis Gidrol and a group of students from the Saint-Paul boarding school in Fort-Archambault, the town now called Sarh
- 2. Chad takes its name from Lake Chad, once ranked the world's sixth-largest inland body of water. During the droughts of the 1970s and 1980s its open water shrank by more than 90%; the lake partly recovered in the 1990s, and its extent stayed stable over the next two decades
- 3. Chad has more than 200 ethnic groups and more than 120 languages and dialects. Its official languages are French and Arabic, and the anthem is written in French
Chad National Anthem Lyrics
Peuple tchadien, debout et à l'ouvrage !
Tu as conquis ta terre et ton droit ;
Ta liberté naîtra de ton courage.
Lève les yeux, l'avenir est à Toi.
[Refrain]
Ô mon Pays, que Dieu te prenne en garde,
Que tes voisins admirent tes enfants.
Joyeux, pacifique, avance, en chantant,
Fidèle à tes ancêtres qui te regardent
Race du Nord, et ses troupeaux immenses,
Race du Sud, qui cultive les champs.
Pasteurs, montagnards, pêcheurs, commerçants
Soyons un seul grand peuple qui s’avance.
[Refrain]
Ô mon Pays, que Dieu te prenne en garde,
Que tes voisins admirent tes enfants.
Joyeux, pacifique, avance, en chantant,
Fidèle à tes ancêtres qui te regardent
La houe en main, fais vaillamment ta corde,
Vois tes enfants que tourmente la faim
Les champs devant toi attendent ton grain
Que l’huile coule et tes greniers débordent.
[Refrain]
Ô mon Pays, que Dieu te prenne en garde,
Que tes voisins admirent tes enfants.
Joyeux, pacifique, avance, en chantant,
Fidèle à tes ancêtres qui te regardent
Tes ingénieurs te traceront des routes,
Tes médecins te rendront grand et fort,
À l’œuvre étudiant, sans craindre l’effort ;
Mets l’ignorance et le mal en déroute.
[Refrain]
Ô mon Pays, que Dieu te prenne en garde,
Que tes voisins admirent tes enfants.
Joyeux, pacifique, avance, en chantant,
Fidèle à tes ancêtres qui te regardent
Translations are non-official and intended to convey meaning, not replace originals
Analysis
EditorialAdopted in 1960, the year Chad became independent from France. The words were written by the Jesuit priest Louis Gidrol together with a group of his students at a Catholic boarding school, and the music by another Jesuit, Paul Villard. Since independence Chad has been through decades of civil conflict and political instability.
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- La Tchadienne . fr.wikipedia.org
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