[...] For this independence of the Congo, although being proclaimed today by agreement with Belgium, an amicable country, with which we are on equal terms, no Congolese worthy of the name will ever be able to forget that it was by fighting that it has been won, a day-to-day fight, an ardent and idealistic fight, a fight in which we were spared neither privation nor suffering, and for which we gave our strength and our blood.
Ngenxa yalesi ukuzimela of the Congo, uma it proclaimed namuhla isivumelwano Belgium, ezweni friendly esixhumana ukubhekana ngokulingana, akukho Congolese ofanelekela ukubizwa ngaleli gama ngeke kukhohlakale ukuthi ngokusebenzisa umzukuzuku benqotshwa, a nsuku zonke umzabalazo, i mpi oshisekayo futhi uyiphupho, umzabalazo lapho siye basindiswa futhi amabutho noma ubunzima bethu, futhi ukuhlupheka kwethu, noma igazi lethu.