Grand Dieu Sauve le Roi (Great God save the King) was a French (and often considered the very first) version of the popular God save the King. It was composed by Jean-Baptiste Lully in honour of the survival of King Louis XIV of a complicated surgery. It would later be adapted by a number of monarchies throughout the world.
Here are the lyrics:
Great God, Save the King
Great God, save the King,Great God, to avenge for the king,
Long live the King!
Who is always glorious,
Louis victorious!
May he avenge his rivals, ever submissive.
Who is always glorious,
Louis victorious!
May he avenge his rivals, ever submissive.
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