Beautiful Africa
Dainty queen undevoured
Bride of the rising sun
Beautiful Africa,
The savor of thy fragrance
Calls my tongue to sweet ballads!
Your velvet skin carved in black gold
On your loins do diamonds glow
Your perfume is the silky oil of Cairo
And your smile is like the sun
Upon the hills of Kilimanjaro.
From the Nile to the Niger,
Orange to Zambezi,
Hypopo to the Congo,
Beneath your mounds are treasures
That oozes beyond measures.
Africa my Africa,
Daughter of the ancient days
Sister of the untamed braves
Hunter of the thousand forests
Goddess of the black race
How much I love thy gaze!
Here my lady,
A sandal of precious stones
For our moonlight dance
On your carpet of liquid ore,
Oh Africa , my Africa!
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