1. My country, my country, safety, safety
In what tongue shall I sing your praises?

2. Your glory is beyond language's reach
And your magic leaves me wordless

3. People pine for you, even tyrants
They did not even respect time in you

4. And you tempted your colonizers, so they went
Wandering in the East with swords

5. They did not leave the land when nations became independent
And refused degradation

6. You shook the earth with tremors
And your usurper was engulfed in flames

7. So Africa's page turns white
And its people gambled on the day of calling

8. And its people won on the day of the gamble
So Africa's page turns white

9. And the cowardly aggressor's face turns black
And the soul's radiance from you extended

10. Spreading beauty and kindness
My prayers to you, and most fragrant greetings

11. My country, my country, safety, safety
We occupied the world, and filled the world

12. With poetry we recite like prayers
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