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La Marseillaise

- The Current French National Anthem

La Marseillaise is a song that was composed during the French Revolution about the injustice and a call to arms.

English Version

French Version

Arise children of the motherland,
Our day of glory has arrived!
Over us, the bloodstained banner
Of tyranny holds sway!
Of tyranny holds sway!
Oh, do you hear there in our fields
The roar of these ferocious soldiers?
Who came right here in our midst
To slaughter our sons and wives.
To arms, oh citizens!
Form up in serried ranks!
March on, march on,
May their impure blood
Flow in our fields!

Allons enfants de la patrie,
Le jour de gloire est arrive!
Contre nous de la tyrannie,
L'etendard sanglant est leve!
L'etendard sanglant est leve!
Entendez-vous dans nos campagnes
Mugir ces feroces soldats?
Qui viennent jusque dans nos bras
Egorger nos fils et nos compagnes!
Aux armes, citoyens!
Formez vos bataillons!
Marchons, marchons,
Qu'un sang impur
Abreuve nos sillons!

 

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