Le retour des Princes Français à Paris served as the national anthem of the Kingdom of France from 1815 to 1830 , but had no official status as such. The melody was that of the Marche de Henri IV , which was very popular even before the revolution .
Original French text
German translation
La paix ramène
Tous les Princes Français
Chantons l'antienne,
Aujourd'hui désormais
Que ce bonheur tienne
Vive le Roi! Vive la Paix!
Peace brings back
all French princes.
Let us sing in canon
that
this happiness may endure today and from now on .
Long live the king! Long live peace!
Vive la France
Et les sages Bourbons
Plein de clémence,
Dont tous les cœurs sont bons!
La Paix, l'abondance
Viendront dans nos cantons.
Long live France
And the wise Bourbons
Full of mildness,
whose hearts are good!
Peace, abundance
Will move into our cantons.
Source joie extrême
Vivi, vive d'Artois!
Duc d'Angoulême!
Chantons tous à la fois
Louis dix-huitième,
Descendant de nos rois!
What an extraordinary joy.
Long live the Artois!
Duke of Angoulême!
Let's all sing at once to
Louis XVIII.
Descended from our kings!
Le diadème
De France est pour un Roi,
Notre vœu même
Est la raison pourquoi,
Oui, Louis nous aime,
Vive, vive le Roi!
The diadem of
France befits a king.
Our own desire
is the reason for this.
Yes, Ludwig loves us,
long live, long live the king!
Plus de tristesse,
Vive, vive Louis!
Princes, princesses,
Nous sommes réjouis,
Que les allégresses
Règnent dans tous pays!
No more grief,
long live, long live Ludwig!
Princes, Princesses,
We are delighted
That cheers reign
throughout the land.
