De Zwarte Leeuw - Anthem of the Flemish National Union

Описание: The Vlaamsch Nationaal Verbond (Dutch for "Flemish National Union" or "Flemish National League"), widely known by its acronym VNV, was a Flemish nationalist political party active in Belgium between 1933 and 1945. It became the leading force of political collaboration in Flanders during the German occupation of Belgium in World War II. Authoritarian by inclination, the party advocated the creation of a "Greater Netherlands" (Dietsland) combining Flanders and the Netherlands.
Ideologically, the party rejected Belgium and supported the creation of a new polity known as the Greater Netherlands (Dietsland), through the fusion of Belgian Flanders and the Netherlands, which would be linguistically and ethnically homogeneous. The party's slogan was: "Authority, discipline, Dietsland". In the 1936 Belgian general election the VNV received 13.6% of the Flemish vote, corresponding to 7.1% nationwide. After the election, in which the far-right nationalist and Catholic Rexist Party also performed strongly, the two parties concluded an alliance, intended to create a corporatist Belgian state with great autonomy for Flanders. The VNV revoked this agreement after just one year


Lyrics:
Ziet gij den zwarten leeuw niet rijzen
Zo fier op 't trotse gouden veld?
Ziet gij zijn forse reuzen klauwen,
Waarvan een slag den vijand velt?

Ziet gij zijn bloedige ogen gloeien?
Ziet gij zijn maan, zo breed verward?
Die leeuw is de leeuw van Vlaanderen,
Die rustend nog de wereld tart!

Hij slumiert nu; der walen-koning
Beknell' hem vrij in ijzren band;
Hij sture nu zijn rooversbenden,
Tot op des leeuwen vaderland!

Maar, zoo de leeuw ontwaakt, gij rookvren!
Wort ge allen door zijn klauw verscheurd:
Dan wordt uw trotsche witte lelie,
Door hem met bloed en slijk besmeurd.