Stand and Sing of Zambia, Proud and Free | National anthem of |  Zambia | | Also known as | Lumbanyeni Zambia
English: Stand and Sing of Zambia, Proud and Free | | Music | Enoch Sontonga, 1897 | "Stand and Sing of Zambia, Proud and Free" or "Lumbanyeni Zambia" is the national anthem of Zambia. The tune is taken from the hymn Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika (God Bless Africa), which was composed by a South African, Enoch Sontonga, in 1897, the lyrics were composed at or near Zambian independence to specifically reflect Zambia, as opposed to Sontonga's lyrics which refer to Africa as a whole. Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika also forms the first verse of South Africa's national anthem. | - Bemba
| - English
| - First Verse
| - Lumbanyeni Zambia, no kwanga,
- Ne cilumba twange tuumfwane,
- Mpalume sha bulwi twa cine,
- Twaliilubula.
- Twikatane bonse.
| - Stand and sing of Zambia, proud and free,
- Land of work and joy in unity,
- Victors in the struggle for the right,
- We have won freedom's fight.
- All one, strong and free.
| - Second Verse
| - Bonse tuli bana ba Africa,
- Uwasenaminwa na Lesa,
- Nomba bonse twendele pamo,
- Twaliilubula.
- Twikatane bonse.
| - Africa is our own motherland,
- Fashion'd with and blessed by God's good hand,
- Let us all her people join as one,
- Brothers under the sun.
- All one, strong and free.
| - Third Verse
| - Fwe lukuta lwa Zambia lonse,
- Twikatane tubyo mutende,
- Pamo nga lubambe mu mulu,
- Lumbanyeni Zambia.
- Twikatane bonse.
| - One land and one nation is our cry,
- Dignity and peace 'neath Zambia's sky,
- Like our noble eagle in its flight,
- Zambia, praise to thee.
- All one, strong and free.
| - Chorus
(Sung After Third Verse Only) | - Lumbanyeni,
- Lesa, Lesa, wesu,
- Apale calo,
- Zambia, Zambia, Zambia.
- Fwe bantungwa
- Mu luunga lwa calo.
- Lumbanyeni Zambia.
- Twikatane bonse.
| - Praise be to God,
- Praise be, praise be, praise be,
- Bless our great nation,
- Zambia, Zambia, Zambia.
- Free men we stand
- Under the flag of our land.
- Zambia, praise to thee!
- All one, strong and free.
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