L'Internationale
Eugène Pottier| INGLESE / ENGLISH 5 | |
| 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! | The Internationale Stand up, all victims of oppression For the tyrants fear your might! Don't cling so hard to your possessions For you have nothing, if you have no rights. Let racist ignorance be ended For respect makes the empires fall Freedom is merely privilege extended Unless enjoyed by one and all. So come brothers and sisters For the struggle carries on! The Internationale Unites the world in song. So comrades come rally For this is the time and place! The international ideal Unites the human race. Let no one build walls to divide us Walls of hatred nor walls of stone Come greet the dawn and stand beside us We'll live together or we'll die alone In our world poisoned by exploitation Those who have taken, now they must give And end the vanity of nations We've one but one Earth on which to live So come brothers and sisters For the struggle carries on! The Internationale Unites the world in song. So comrades come rally For this is the time and place! The international ideal Unites the human race. And so begins the final drama In the streets and in the fields We stand unbowed before their armour We defy their guns and shields When we fight, provoked by their aggression Let us be inspired by life and love For though they offer us concessions Change will not come from above. So come brothers and sisters For the struggle carries on! The Internationale Unites the world in song. So comrades come rally For this is the time and place! The international ideal Unites the human race. |
