The Icelandic national anthem, a hymn to the glory of God that will resound at the Stade de France

The Icelandic anthem is called Lofsongur ou song of praise. There are several versions of the lyrics in French, this one comes from the official website of the anthem.

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Almost 10% of the Icelandic population will be at the Stade de France this evening to sing, with their players, this hymn to the glory of God before starting their quarter-final match against France.

O God of Iceland! O God of Iceland!
We sing your name, your thousand times holy name.
The cohorts of time make you a crown
suns of the endless firmament.
Before you a single day is like a thousand years,
and a thousand years one day, O Lord,
a flower of eternity, on the trembling Iceland,
who worships his God and then dies.
O thousand years of Iceland,
a flower of eternity, on the quivering moor,
who worships his God and then dies.

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