I see that the firm hand of the State has decreed that all French 10 year olds will sing the anthem in public. \u00a0All of it, I wonder:<\/p>\n
Arise, children of the\u00a0Fatherland,
\nThe\u00a0day of glory\u00a0has arrived!
\nAgainst us, tyranny's
\nBloody\u00a0standard\u00a0is raised,\u00a0(repeat)
\nDo you hear, in the countryside,
\nThe roar of those ferocious soldiers?
\nThey're coming right into your arms
\nTo cut the throats of your sons, your women!<\/p>\nTo arms, citizens,
\nForm your battalions,
\nLet's march, let's march!
\nLet an impure blood
\nWater our furrows!<\/p>\nWhat does this horde of slaves,
\nOf traitors and conspiring kings want?
\nFor whom have these vile chains,
\nThese irons, been long-prepared?\u00a0(repeat)
\nFrenchmen, for us, ah! What outrage
\nWhat furious action it must arouse!
\nIt is to us they dare plan
\nA return to the old slavery!<\/p>\nTo arms, citizens...<\/p>\n
What! Foreign cohorts
\nWould make the law in our homes!
\nWhat! These mercenary phalanxes
\nWould strike down our proud warriors! (repeat)
\nGreat God! By chained hands
\nOur brows would yield under the yoke!
\nVile despots would have themselves become
\nThe masters of our destinies!<\/p>\nTo arms, citizens...<\/p>\n
Tremble, tyrants and you traitors
\nThe shame of all parties,
\nTremble! Your parricidal schemes
\nWill finally receive their prize!\u00a0(repeat)
\nEveryone is a soldier to combat you,
\nIf they fall, our young heroes,
\nWill be produced anew from the ground,
\nReady to fight against you!<\/p>\nTo arms, citizens...<\/p>\n
Frenchmen, as magnanimous warriors,
\nBear or hold back your blows!
\nSpare those sorry victims,
\nFor regretfully arming against us.\u00a0(repeat)
\nBut these bloodthirsty despots,
\nThese accomplices of\u00a0Bouill\u00e9,
\nAll these tigers who mercilessly
\nTear apart their mother's breast!<\/p>\nTo arms, citizens...<\/p>\n
Sacred love of the Fatherland,
\nLead, support our avenging arms
\nLiberty, cherished Liberty,
\nFight with thy defenders!\u00a0(repeat)
\nUnder our flags victory
\nHurries to thy manly accents,
\nThy expiring enemies,
\nSee thy triumph and our glory!<\/p>\nTo arms, citizens...<\/p>\n
(Children's Verse)
\nWe shall enter the (military) career
\nWhen our elders are no longer there,
\nThere we shall find their dust
\nAnd the trace of their virtues\u00a0(repeat)
\nMuch less keen to survive them
\nThan to share their coffins,
\nWe shall have the sublime pride
\nTo avenge or follow them.<\/p>\nTo arms, citizens...<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
This will surely rebuild a sorely fractured nation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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