b'\n_START_ARTICLE_\nHymn Biafry\n_START_SECTION_\nTekst\n_START_PARAGRAPH_\nLand of the rising sun, we love and cherish,_NEWLINE__NEWLINE_Beloved homeland of our brave heroes;_NEWLINE__NEWLINE_We must defend our lives or we shall perish,_NEWLINE__NEWLINE_We shall protect our hearts from all our foes;_NEWLINE__NEWLINE_But if the price is death for all we hold dear,_NEWLINE__NEWLINE_Then let us die without a shred of fear._NEWLINE_Hail to Biafra, consecrated nation,_NEWLINE__NEWLINE_Oh fatherland, this be our solemn pledge:_NEWLINE__NEWLINE_Defending thee shall be a dedication,_NEWLINE__NEWLINE_Spilling our blood we\xe2\x80\x99ll count a privilege;_NEWLINE__NEWLINE_The waving standard which emboldens the free_NEWLINE__NEWLINE_Shall always be our flag of liberty._NEWLINE_We shall emerge triumphant from this ordeal,_NEWLINE__NEWLINE_And through the crucible unscathed we\xe2\x80\x99ll pass;_NEWLINE__NEWLINE_When we are poised the wounds of battle to heal,_NEWLINE__NEWLINE_We shall remember those who died in mass;_NEWLINE__NEWLINE_Then shall our trumpets peal the glorious song_NEWLINE__NEWLINE_Of victory we scored o\xe2\x80\x99er might and wrong._NEWLINE_Oh God, protect us from the hidden pitfall,_NEWLINE__NEWLINE_Guide all our movements lest we go astray;_NEWLINE__NEWLINE_Give us the strength to heed the humanist call:_NEWLINE__NEWLINE_"To give and not to count the cost" each day;_NEWLINE__NEWLINE_Bless those who rule to serve with resoluteness,_NEWLINE__NEWLINE_To make this clime a land of righteousness.'