1. Belgium was not mentioned with peace,
That would fill mouths with fragrance,

2. Please the hearing of those who listen to its echo,
And expand the chests of those who recite it.

3. I see no path on earth more worthy
Of its fragrance than Belgium.

4. And who is more deserving of it than Belgium,
Where valor resided and honor settled.

5. It came protecting them with deeds,
Gaining praise and thanks through mentioning it.

6. Deeds that in the register of time have become
Lines, written one after another.

7. And in it the mention of the people of this
Country that will remain alive continuously.

8. A country that sacrificed in the path of glory
The most precious thing glory is bought with.

9. Souls that esteemed and honored,
Saw them below what they protected precious.

10. The treacherous betrayer wanted
To enter France and double-cross.

11. And he intended to pass through it, so it warned him
To turn away from it, not to pass.

12. And when it saw him not complying
To it and insistent on passing through it.

13. It stood undaunted to bar the
Transgressor, making him taste bitterness from it.

14. And Namur bears witness for it with
Struggle, and Liège may be more knowledgeable.

15. The country of Namur bears witness to its
Violence and misery, it became a settler.

16. And it all became empty ruins,
While it was in the nurture of civilization, a flower.

17. And the region of the brave lions became
The blood of its sons in it pouring recklessly.

18. It suffered from the German hand what if
Poured on rock, would have melted rock.

19. And the projectile of annihilation stretched in it
Leaving it devoid of young men.

20. And it constrained its remaining people
With hardship, torment, exhaustion, and coercion.

21. And it dragged behind it bereavement, orphanhood,
Crippling them with blows and more.

22. So this is a grieving father, uncle,
One with a wife, another a son, and in-law.

23. And oh woe to the unjust! For he will meet
A punishment that remains and a lesson!