Solidarity Forever
Ralph Chaplin| Originale | This French translation is sung by the Syndicat Unifié du Bâtiment,... |
| SOLIDARITY FOREVER When the union's inspiration through the workers' blood shall run, There can be no power greater anywhere beneath the sun; Yet what force on earth is weaker than the feeble strength of one, But the union makes us strong. Solidarity forever, Solidarity forever, Solidarity forever, For the union makes us strong. Is there aught we hold in common with the greedy parasite, Who would lash us into serfdom and would crush us with his might? Is there anything left to us but to organize and fight? For the union makes us strong. Solidarity forever, Solidarity forever, Solidarity forever, For the union makes us strong. It is we who plowed the prairies; built the cities where they trade; Dug the mines and built the workshops, endless miles of railroad laid; Now we stand outcast and starving midst the wonders we have made; But the union makes us strong. Solidarity forever, Solidarity forever, Solidarity forever, For the union makes us strong. All the world that's owned by idle drones is ours and ours alone. We have laid the wide foundations; built it skyward stone by stone. It is ours, not to slave in, but to master and to own. While the union makes us strong. Solidarity forever, Solidarity forever, Solidarity forever, For the union makes us strong. They have taken untold millions that they never toiled to earn, But without our brain and muscle not a single wheel can turn. We can break their haughty power, gain our freedom when we learn That the union makes us strong. Solidarity forever, Solidarity forever, Solidarity forever, For the union makes us strong. In our hands is placed a power greater than their hoarded gold, Greater than the might of armies, multiplied a thousand-fold. We can bring to birth a new world from the ashes of the old For the union makes us strong. | SOLIDARITY FOREVER Quand l'esprit du syndicat coule dans le sang des travailleurs De pouvoir si puissant, il ne s'en trouve pas ailleurs Car c'est clair, nul n'est plus faible que celui qui se défend seul Le syndicat nous rend forts Travailleuses solidaires Travailleurs solidaires Tous et toutes solidaires Le syndicat nous rends forts Par nos langues, nos origines, ils nous divisent pour régner Hommes et femmes, ils nous opposent, jeunes et vieux sont séparés Mais lorsque nos chants s'unissent, nos paroles les font trembler Le syndicat nous rend forts Travailleuses solidaires Travailleurs solidaires Tous et toutes solidaires Le syndicat nous rends forts Ils prétendent à l'envi que notre temps est révolu Que pour les prolétaires un syndicat est superflu Ce discours des patrons n'est qu'un énième mensonge de plus Le syndicat nous rends forts Travailleuses solidaires Travailleurs solidaires Tous et toutes solidaires Le syndicat nous rends forts Nous les femmes du syndicat, nous sommes prêtes pour le combat Car du matin jusqu'au soir, notre besogne n'en finit pas Nous luttons jour après jour pour détruire le patriarcat Le syndicat nous rend fortes Travailleuses solidaires Travailleurs solidaires Tous et toutes solidaires Le syndicat nous rends forts Dans nos mains est un pouvoir plus fort que l'argent convoité La puissance de votre armée, nous l'aurons démultipliée Faisons naitre ensemble un nouveau monde des cendres du passé Le syndicat nous rend forts Travailleuses solidaires Travailleurs solidaires Tous et toutes solidaires Le syndicat nous rend forts |
Nowhere else can such might be found
For it's clear that none is weaker than the one who fights alone
The union makes us strong
Workers in solidarity (male)
Workers in solidarity (female)
All men and women in solidarity
The union makes us strong
Through our tongues and origins, they divide us to conquer
Men are pitted against women, young and old are segregated
But when our songs unite, the words make them tremble
The union makes us strong
(chorus)
They will gleefully claim that we are obsolete
That a union is not something that workers need
This discourse is just yet another lie that bosses tell
The union makes us strong
(chorus)
We the women of the union are ready for the fight
For from sunup to sundown, we never cease to toil
We fight on day after day to destroy the patriarchy
The union makes us strong
(chorus)
In our hands we hold a power stronger than coveted wealth
Soon we will be many times mightier than your army
Let us all raise a new world from the ashes of the past
The union makes us strong
(chorus)