L'Internationale
Eugène PottierINGLESE / ENGLISH 4 | |
The Internationale Arise ye workers from your slumbers Arise ye prisoners of want! For reason in revolt now thunders And at last ends the age of cant. Away with all your superstitions Servile masses arise, arise We'll change henceforth the old tradition And spurn the dust to win the prize. So comrades, come rally And the last fight let us face! The Internationale unites the human race! So comrades, come rally And the last fight let us face! The Internationale unites the human race! No more deluded by reaction On tyrants only we'll make war The soldiers too will take strike action They'll break ranks and fight no more. And if those cannibals keep trying To sacrifice us to their pride They soon shall hear the bullets flying We'll shoot the generals on our own side. So comrades, come rally And the last fight let us face! The Internationale unites the human race! So comrades, come rally And the last fight let us face! The Internationale unites the human race! No saviour from on high delivers, No faith have we in prince or peer; Our own right hand the chains must shiver Chains of hatred, greed and fear. E'er the thieves will out with their booty And give to all a happier lot. Each at the forge must do their duty And we'll strike while the iron is hot! So comrades, come rally And the last fight let us face! The Internationale unites the human race! So comrades, come rally And the last fight let us face! The Internationale unites the human race! | THE INTERNATIONALE Arise ye prisoners of starvation Arise ye toilers of the earth For reason thunders new creation `Tis a better world in birth. Never more traditions' chains shall bind us Arise ye toilers no more in thrall The earth shall rise on new foundations We are but naught, we shall be all. Then comrades, come rally! And the last fight let us face The Internationale Unites the human race! Then comrades, come rally! And the last fight let us face The Internationale Unites the human race! We want no condescending saviors To rule us from their judgment hall, We workers ask not for their favors Let us consult for all: To make the thief disgorge his booty, To free the spirit from its cell, We must ourselves decide our duty, We must decide and do it well. Then comrades, come rally! And the last fight let us face The Internationale Unites the human race! Then comrades, come rally! And the last fight let us face The Internationale Unites the human race! |