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Ma NormandieMa Normandie is the anthem of the Bailiwick of Jersey, a British Crown dependency in the Channel Islands, and was written and composed by Frdric Brat. 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. Although Ma Normandie is used officially by Jersey at Commonwealth Games, Island Games and other international events where it is necessary for territories that otherwise use God Save the Queen to be distinguished, the fact that the song refers to France rather than to Jersey means that a body of opinion campaigns, so far unsuccessfully, for a change of anthem. Ma Normandie is also widely used, but unofficially, as the regional anthem of Normandy. - Quand tout renait a l'esprance,
- 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 revoir ma Normandie,
- C'est le pays qui m'a donn le jour.
- J'ai vu les champs de l'Helvtie,
- Et ses chalets et ses glaciers,
- J'ai vu le ciel de l'Italie,
- Et Venise et ses gondeliers.
- En saluant chaque patrie,
- Je me disais aucun sjour
- N'est plus beau que ma Normandie,
- C'est le pays qui m'a donn le jour.
- Il est un ge dans la vie,
- Ou chaque rve doit finir,
- Un ge ou l'me recueillie
- A besoin de se souvenir.
- Lorsque ma muse refroidie
- Vers le pass fera retour,
- J'irai revoir ma Normandie,
- C'est le pays qui m'a donn le jour.
English translation: - When everything is reborn in hope
- And winter flees far from us,
- Under the beautiful sky of our France,
- When the sun returns gentler,
- When nature has turned green again,
- When the swallow has returned,
- I like to see once more my Normandy,
- Its the country where I saw the light of day.
- Ive seen the fields of Helvetia,
- And its chalets and its glaciers,
- Ive seen the sky of Italy,
- And Venice and its gondoliers.
- Greeting each homeland,
- I told myself that no stay
- Is finer than my Normandy,
- Its 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,
- Ill go see once more my Normandy,
- Its the country where I saw the light of day.
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