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Anthem History | Ma Normandie is the anthem of the Bailiwick of Jersey, a British Crown dependency in the Channel Islands, and was written and composed by Frédéric Bérat. Jersey is historically part of the Duchy of Normandy, and French has been for centuries an official administrative language of Jersey, whose inhabitants have traditionally spoken a variety of Norman language. |
Anthem Lyrics |
Ma NormandieQuand tout renait a l'espérance, Et que l'hiver fuit loin de nous, Sous le beau ciel de notre France, Quand le soleil revient plus doux, Quand la nature est reverdie, Quand l'hirondelle est de retour, J'aime à revoir ma Normandie, C'est le pays qui m'a donné le jour. J'ai vu les champs de l'Helvétie, Il est un âge dans la vie, |
Anthem Lyrics English |
When everything is reborn in hope And winter flees far from us, Under the beautiful sky of our France, When the the sun returns gentler, When nature has turned green again, When the swallow has returned, I like to see once more my Normandy, It’s the country where I saw the light of day. I’ve seen the fields of Helvetia, And its chalets and its glaciers, I’ve seen the sky of Italy, And Venice and its gondoliers. Greeting each homeland, I told myself that no stay Is finer than my Normandy, It’s the country where I saw the light of day. There comes a time of life, When every dream must finish, A time when the restful spirit Needs to remember. When my chilled muse Makes its way back to the past, I’ll go see once more my Normandy, It’s the country where I saw the light of day. |