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Lift up your shield my brother,
Lift up your shield my friend!
For if you love your freedom dearly,
We must go to war again.
Charles the Bald is coming hither,
He brings with him ten thousand men!
And if he has his way, my brother,
We will serve a Frankish king!
Chorus
Brittany has outlived Caesar,
Brittany outlasted Rome,
And if She is to outlive Charles
We must march with Nomenoe!
Chorus
Saxons drove us from one homeland,
Norsemen came to steal and burn!
If Charles the second wants our country,
He must pay in blood and bone!
Chorus