THE BATTLE OF BOIS CAIIMAN Lyrics

The Battle of Bois Caïman: Victory of 1803-1804

Nou pwemye nou se pmemye pwemye pep nwa libere

Kite melem sa pa gadem nou la nou pa pwale

Nou se vanyan nou se poto mitan yon istwa e fyète

Pa gen manti nan sa avek fòs e avek couraj se nou li ye

Nou pwemye nou se pmemye pwemye pep nwa libere

In the shadows of Bois Caïman's night

The drums of freedom beat strong and bright

The spirits called the warriors stood

With fire in their hearts and iron in their blood

Dessalines rose fierce and bold

A leader whose story was yet to be told

In 1803 under the blazing sun

The battle for freedom had just begun

Chains broken the warriors fought

With courage that could never be bought

They marched with the strength of their ancestors' cries

For the land of the free under Haitian skies

The red of their blood the black of their might

The flag of a nation born from the fight

Dessalines led with a heart of flame

And Haiti rose forever changed

Nan fènwa lannwit Bois Caïman

Tanbou libète tap bat angran

Lespri te rele gèrye kanpe

Ak dife nan kè yo fè nan san yo brase

Dessalines leve vanyan ak fòs

Yon lidè ki gen yon istwa pou ki pike tankou zikòs

Batay di san rete anba soley cho san koule

Batay pou libèter kòmanse fò zam pete kouto rale

Chenn kase gèrye yo te goumen

Ak kouraj ke yo t janm paka achte rel krier san fwen

Nou mache ak fòs kri zansèt yo te fè nou genyen

Pou tè a lib la anba syèl Ayiti dife limen

San yo rouj neg nwa ak fòs papa bondye NYAMBE

Drapo yon nasyon ki sòti nan batay sa RELE ANMWEY

Dessalines te mennen ak kè YON LIMYE KLERE AN ANTYE

Epi Ayiti leve pou tout tan chanje AN NOU CHANTE

Through battles and blood with iron and flame

Haitians united they played no game

Dessalines stood a lion so proud

To free his people he vowed it aloud

From Cap-Haïtien to Vertières' peak

They conquered the land that they dared to seek

With muskets machetes and spirits so high

They fought till the dawn lit up the sky

Victory came the French were outdone

A new nation's story had just begun

In 1804 Dessalines proclaimed

Haiti was free no longer chained

Nan batay SA san FE RIVYE ak fè ak flanm dife

Ayisyen mete ansanm yo pa t ap jwe

Dessalines kanpe tankou lyon vanyan KRAZE BRIZE

Pou libere pèp li li sèmante fòman TONNNER KRAZE

Depi Kap Ayisyen rive nan tèt Vertières NOU MACHE SOU YO

Yo pran peyi a sa yo t ap chèche avèk kè NOU METE NAN MEN YO

Ak zam manchèt ak lespri fè nan syèl NOU TOUPIZI YO

Yo goumen jiskaske dimanch leve NAN DEMEN NOU SAKAJE YO

Viktwa rive Fransè yo fini NOU FOUTE TCHWE YO

Yon nouvo nasyon ap koumanse lavi RARA PETE TANBOU AN CHO

JISTIS POU ESCLKAV YO Dessalines deklare NOUVO DRAPO

Ayiti lib chenn kase san pale NOU MANDE AWOYO

Kite melem sa pa gadem nou la nou pa pwale

Nou se vanyan nou se poto mitan yon istwa e fyète

Pa gen manti nan sa avek fòs e avek couraj se nou li ye

Nou pwemye nou se pmemye pwemye pep nwa libere