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font-weight: normal;">English: Towards the future</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Vers_l_avenir_Chansonnier_des_gardes_catholiques_1907.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Vers_l_avenir_Chansonnier_des_gardes_catholiques_1907.jpg/220px-Vers_l_avenir_Chansonnier_des_gardes_catholiques_1907.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Vers_l_avenir_Chansonnier_des_gardes_catholiques_1907.jpg/330px-Vers_l_avenir_Chansonnier_des_gardes_catholiques_1907.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Vers_l_avenir_Chansonnier_des_gardes_catholiques_1907.jpg/440px-Vers_l_avenir_Chansonnier_des_gardes_catholiques_1907.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1482" data-file-height="1110" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">A 1907 edition of <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Vers l'avenir</i></span> intended for the Catholic youth movement, <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jeunes_Gardes_catholiques&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jeunes Gardes catholiques (page does not exist)">Jeunes Gardes catholiques</a></i> of <a href="/wiki/Ixelles" title="Ixelles">Ixelles</a>.</div></td></tr><tr style="font-weight:bold;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr />National anthem of the <a href="/wiki/Congo_Free_State" title="Congo Free State">Congo Free State</a> and party anthem of the <a href="/wiki/Rexist_Party" title="Rexist Party">Rexist Party</a><hr /></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Lyrics</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gentil_Theodoor_Antheunis" title="Gentil Theodoor Antheunis">Gentil Theodoor Antheunis</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relinquished</th><td class="infobox-data">1908 (as the national anthem of Congo Free State)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Succeeded by</th><td class="infobox-data">"<a href="/wiki/La_Braban%C3%A7onne" title="La Brabançonne">La Brabançonne</a>"</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Vers l'avenir</i></span></b> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">French:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="fr-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/French" title="Help:IPA/French">[vɛʁ<span class="wrap"> </span>lavniʁ]</a></span>; "Towards the Future"), less commonly known by its <a href="/wiki/Dutch_language" title="Dutch language">Dutch</a> title <i><b>Naar wijd en zijd</b></i>, is a Belgian nationalist song which was also the <a href="/wiki/National_anthem" title="National anthem">national anthem</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Congo_Free_State" title="Congo Free State">Congo Free State</a>. The lyrics were written by <a href="/wiki/Gentil_Theodoor_Antheunis" title="Gentil Theodoor Antheunis">Gentil Theodoor Antheunis</a>. It was also adopted as the anthem of the <a href="/wiki/Rexist_Party" title="Rexist Party">Rexist Party</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Fascism" title="Fascism">Fascist</a> political movement founded in 1930 by <a href="/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Degrelle" title="Léon Degrelle">Léon Degrelle</a>. Upon the annexation of the Congo Free State as a <a href="/wiki/Belgian_Congo" title="Belgian Congo">colony of Belgium</a>, this anthem was replaced with <i><a href="/wiki/La_Braban%C3%A7onne" title="La Brabançonne">La Brabançonne</a></i>, the national anthem of <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lyrics">Lyrics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vers_l%27avenir&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Lyrics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>French lyrics </th> <th>Dutch lyrics<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; white-space:nowrap;"> <td><div class="poem"> <p>Le siècle marche et pose ses jalons,<br /> Nous marquant une étape nouvelle.<br /> Nous le suivons et nous nous rappelons<br /> Nos aïeux et leur gloire immortelle.<br /> Si ton sol est petit, dans un monde nouveau<br /> L'avenir qui t'appelle a planté ton drapeau.<br /> <br /> <span style="font-size:85%;"><b>Refrain:</b></span><br /> Marche joyeux, peuple énergique,<br /> Vers des destins dignes de toi.<br /> Dieu protège la libre Belgique<br /> Et son Roi !<br /> <br /> Ta longue paix autant que longs combats<br /> Au travail exerçait ta vaillance,<br /> Et tes progrès disaient à chaque pas<br /> Ton génie et ta fière endurance.<br /> Si ta force déborde et franchit ses niveaux,<br /> Verse-la, comme un fleuve, en de mondes nouveaux !<br /> <br /> <span style="font-size:85%;"><b>Refrain:</b></span><br /> Marche hardi, peuple énergique,<br /> Vers des destins dignes de toi.<br /> Dieu saura protéger la Belgique<br /> Et son Roi !<br /> <br /> Ô terre sainte, ô terre des aïeux,<br /> Leurs sueurs et leur sang t'ont pétrie,<br /> Et loin ou près sauront leurs fils pieux<br /> Honorer, élargir la Patrie.<br /> Si des frères s'en vont, il en est par milliers<br /> Qui, fidèles gardiens, défendront tes foyers.<br /> <br /> <span style="font-size:85%;"><b>Refrain:</b></span><br /> Va sans faiblir, peuple énergique,<br /> Vers des destins dignes de toi.<br /> Dieu saura protéger la Belgique<br /> Et son Roi ! </p> </div> </td> <td><div class="poem"> <p>De tijd spoedt heen en bakent reeds de laan<br /> Waar ook nieuwere tijden ons wenken<br /> Wij volgen fier en zullen langs de baan<br /> Onze roemrijke vaderen gedenken<br /> Is uw bodem hier klein ginds toch wacht u een strand<br /> Als een wereld zo groot waar uw vlag staat geplant<br /> <br /> <span style="font-size:85%;"><b>Refrein:</b></span><br /> Immer vooruit dappere telgen<br /> Moedig en vrij vast hand in hand<br /> God omsluite in zijn zegen der Belgen<br /> Vorst en land<br /> <br /> Uw lange vree zowel als kamp en strijd<br /> Heeft uw vuisten gehard bij het werken<br /> En wat gij schiep en bouwde wijd en zijd<br /> Draagt uw eerlijke namen, uw merken<br /> Zwelt uw ader te nauw voor het bruisende bloed<br /> Laat het stromen alom als een vruchtbare vloed<br /> <br /> <span style="font-size:85%;"><b>Refrein:</b></span><br /> Immer vooruit dappere telgen<br /> Moedig en vrij vast hand in hand<br /> God omsluite in zijn zegen der Belgen<br /> Vorst en land<br /> <br /> O heil'ge grond der vaadren erve en bouw<br /> Door hun zweet en hun bloed ons verkregen<br /> Of verre of na hen zullen hou en trouw<br /> Hunne zonen bewaren in zegen<br /> Wijken kinderen uit hier toch waardig geschaard<br /> Zijn er duizenden steeds en beschermen den haard<br /> <br /> <span style="font-size:85%;"><b>Refrein:</b></span><br /> Immer vooruit dappere telgen<br /> Moedig en vrij vast hand in hand<br /> God omsluite in 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href="/wiki/O_Cameroon,_Cradle_of_Our_Forefathers" title="O Cameroon, Cradle of Our Forefathers">Cameroon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C%C3%A2ntico_da_Liberdade" title="Cântico da Liberdade">Cape Verde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Renaissance" title="La Renaissance">Central African Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Tchadienne" title="La Tchadienne">Chad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Udzima_wa_ya_Masiwa" title="Udzima wa ya Masiwa">Comoros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Debout_Congolais" title="Debout Congolais">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Congolaise" title="La Congolaise">Republic of the Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Djibouti_(anthem)" title="Djibouti (anthem)">Djibouti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bilady,_Bilady,_Bilady" title="Bilady, Bilady, Bilady">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caminemos_pisando_las_sendas_de_nuestra_inmensa_felicidad" title="Caminemos pisando las sendas de nuestra inmensa felicidad">Equatorial Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eritrea,_Eritrea,_Eritrea" title="Eritrea, Eritrea, Eritrea">Eritrea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nkulunkulu_Mnikati_wetibusiso_temaSwati" title="Nkulunkulu Mnikati wetibusiso temaSwati">Eswatini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_Forward,_Dear_Mother_Ethiopia" title="March Forward, Dear Mother Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Concorde" title="La Concorde">Gabon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/For_The_Gambia_Our_Homeland" title="For The Gambia Our Homeland">The Gambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/God_Bless_Our_Homeland_Ghana" title="God Bless Our Homeland Ghana">Ghana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libert%C3%A9_(anthem)" title="Liberté (anthem)">Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Esta_%C3%89_a_Nossa_P%C3%A1tria_Bem_Amada" title="Esta É a Nossa Pátria Bem Amada">Guinea-Bissau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L%27Abidjanaise" title="L'Abidjanaise">Ivory Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ee_Mungu_Nguvu_Yetu" title="Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lesotho_Fatse_La_Bontata_Rona" title="Lesotho Fatse La Bontata Rona">Lesotho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_Hail,_Liberia,_Hail!" title="All Hail, Liberia, Hail!">Liberia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libya,_Libya,_Libya" title="Libya, Libya, Libya">Libya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ry_Tanindrazanay_malala_%C3%B4!" title="Ry Tanindrazanay malala ô!">Madagascar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mlungu_dalitsani_Mala%C5%B5i" title="Mlungu dalitsani Malaŵi">Malawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Le_Mali" title="Le Mali">Mali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_anthem_of_Mauritania" title="National anthem of Mauritania">Mauritania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motherland_(anthem)" title="Motherland (anthem)">Mauritius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cherifian_Anthem" title="Cherifian Anthem">Morocco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P%C3%A1tria_Amada" title="Pátria Amada">Mozambique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Namibia,_Land_of_the_Brave" title="Namibia, Land of the Brave">Namibia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L%27Honneur_de_la_Patrie" class="mw-redirect" title="L'Honneur de la Patrie">Niger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nigeria,_We_Hail_Thee" title="Nigeria, We Hail Thee">Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P%27tite_fleur_aim%C3%A9e" title="P'tite fleur aimée"><i>Réunion</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rwanda_Nziza" title="Rwanda Nziza">Rwanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ya_Bani_al-Sahra%27" title="Ya Bani al-Sahra'"><i>Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independ%C3%AAncia_total" title="Independência total">São Tomé and Príncipe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Le_Lion_rouge" title="Le Lion rouge">Senegal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koste_Seselwa" title="Koste Seselwa">Seychelles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_We_Exalt_Thee,_Realm_of_the_Free" title="High We Exalt Thee, Realm of the Free">Sierra Leone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qolobaa_Calankeed" title="Qolobaa Calankeed">Somalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samo_ku_waar" title="Samo ku 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Anthem of Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former national and regional anthems</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lefatshe_leno_la_bo-rrarona" title="Lefatshe leno la bo-rrarona"><i>Bophuthatswana</i> (1977–1994)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nkosi_Sikelel%27_iAfrika" title="Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika"><i>Ciskei</i> (1981–1994)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ungwana" title="Ungwana">Comoros (1975–1978)</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Congo Free State</i> (1885–1908)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Les_Trois_Glorieuses" title="Les Trois Glorieuses">People's Republic of the Congo (1970–1990)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Land_of_the_Rising_Sun_(anthem)" title="Land of the Rising Sun (anthem)"><i>Biafra</i> (1967–1970)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salam_Affandina" title="Salam Affandina">Egypt (1871–1922, 1936–1958)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eslami_ya_Misr" title="Eslami ya Misr">Egypt (1922–1936)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walla_Zaman_Ya_Selahy" title="Walla Zaman Ya Selahy">Egypt (1971–1979)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethiopia,_Be_Happy" title="Ethiopia, Be Happy">Ethiopia (1930–1975)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethiopia,_Ethiopia,_Ethiopia_be_first" title="Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Ethiopia be first">Ethiopia (1975–1992)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nkosi_Sikelel%27_iAfrika" title="Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika"><i>Gazankulu</i> (1973–1994)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Katangaise" title="La Katangaise"><i>Katanga</i> (1960–1963)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walla_Zaman_Ya_Selahy" title="Walla Zaman Ya Selahy">Libya (1969–1972)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allahu_Akbar_(anthem)" title="Allahu Akbar (anthem)">Libya (1972–2011)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Anthem_of_the_Mali_Federation" title="National Anthem of the Mali Federation">Mali Federation (1960)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_anthem_of_Mauritania_(1960%E2%80%932017)" title="National anthem of Mauritania (1960–2017)">Mauritania (1960–2017)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viva,_Viva_a_FRELIMO" title="Viva, Viva a FRELIMO">Mozambique (1975–2002)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nkosi_Sikelel%27_iAfrika" title="Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika">Namibia (1990–1991)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Nig%C3%A9rienne" title="La Nigérienne">Niger (1961–2023)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arise,_O_Compatriots" title="Arise, O Compatriots">Nigeria (1978–2024)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_anthem_of_the_Orange_Free_State" title="National anthem of the Orange Free State">Orange Free State (1854–1902)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rise,_O_Voices_of_Rhodesia" title="Rise, O Voices of Rhodesia"><i>Rhodesia</i> (1974–1979)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rwanda_Rwacu" title="Rwanda Rwacu">Rwanda (1962–2002)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/En_Avant_(anthem)" title="En Avant (anthem)">Seychelles (1976–1978)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fyer_Seselwa" title="Fyer Seselwa">Seychelles (1978–1996)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_anthem_of_Somalia_(1960%E2%80%932000)" title="National anthem of Somalia (1960–2000)">Somalia (1960–2000)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soomaaliyeey_toosoo" title="Soomaaliyeey toosoo">Somalia (2000–2012)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_anthem_of_Somaliland_(1960)" title="National anthem of Somaliland (1960)">Somaliland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/God_Save_the_King" title="God Save the King">South Africa (1910–1957)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Die_Stem_van_Suid-Afrika" title="Die Stem van Suid-Afrika">South Africa (1938–1997)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nkosi_Sikelel%27_iAfrika" title="Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika">South Africa (1994–1997)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/God_Save_the_King" title="God Save the King"><i>Southern Rhodesia</i> (1979–1980)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salut_%C3%A0_toi,_pays_de_nos_a%C3%AFeux#Rally_of_the_Togolese_People-era_national_anthem" title="Salut à toi, pays de nos aïeux">Togo (1979–1992)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nkosi_Sikelel%27_iAfrika" title="Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika"><i>Transkei</i> (1976–1994)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_anthem_of_the_Transvaal" title="National anthem of the Transvaal">Transvaal (1875–1877, 1881–1902, 1914–1915)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salam_al-Bey" title="Salam al-Bey">Tunisia (1846–1957)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ala_Khallidi" title="Ala Khallidi">Tunisia (1957–1987)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walla_Zaman_Ya_Selahy" title="Walla Zaman Ya Selahy">United Arab Republic (1958–1971)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hymne_National_Volta%C3%AFque" title="Hymne National Voltaïque">Upper Volta (1960–1984)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pfano_na_vhuthihi" title="Pfano na vhuthihi"><i>Venda</i> (1979–1994)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Za%C3%AFroise" title="La Zaïroise">Zaire (1971–1997)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nkosi_Sikelel%27_iAfrika" title="Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika">Zambia (1964–1973)</a></li> <li><a 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