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Allons enfants de la Patrie,
Arise, children of the Motherland

Le jour de gloire est arrivé !
The day of glory has arrived!

Contre nous de la tyrannie,
Against us, tyranny's

L'étendard sanglant est levé. (bis)
Bloody banner is raised. (repeat)

Entendez-vous dans les campagnes
Do you hear in the countryside

Mugir ces féroces soldats ?
The braying of these ferocious soldiers?

Ils viennent jusque dans nos bras
They are coming into our midst

Égorger nos fils, nos compagnes !
To cut the throats of our sons, our wives!

Aux armes, citoyens !
To arms, citizens!

Formez vos bataillons !
Form your battalions!

Marchons, marchons !
March, march!

Qu'un sang impur
May tainted blood

Abreuve nos sillons !
Water our fields!

Aux armes, citoyens !
To arms, citizens!

Formons nos bataillons !
Let us form our battalions!

Marchons, marchons !
Let us march, let us march!

Qu'un sang impur
May tainted blood

Abreuve nos sillons !
Water our fields!

Que veut cette horde d'esclaves,
What does this horde of slaves,

De traîtres, de rois conjurés ?
Traitors, and plotting kings want?

Pour qui ces ignobles entraves
For whom these vile chains

Ces fers dès longtemps préparés ? (bis)
These long-prepared irons? (repeat)

Français, pour nous, ah ! quel outrage,
Frenchmen, for us, ah! What outrage,

Quels transports il doit exciter !
What fury it must arouse!

C'est nous qu'on ose méditer
It is us they dare plan

De rendre à l'antique esclavage !
To return to the old slavery!

Aux armes, citoyens...
To arms, citizens...

Quoi ! des cohortes étrangères
What! These foreign cohorts!

Feraient la loi dans nos foyers !
They would make laws in our homes!

Quoi ! ces phalanges mercenaires
What! These mercenary phalanxes

Terrasseraient nos fiers guerriers ! (bis)
Would cut down our proud warriors! (repeat)

Grand Dieu ! par des mains enchaînées
Good Lord! By chained hands

Nos fronts sous le joug se ploieraient
Our brow would yield under the yoke

De vils despotes deviendraient
The vile despots would become

Les maîtres de nos destinées !
The masters of our destinies!

Aux armes, citoyens...
To arms, citizens...

Tremblez, tyrans et vous perfides
Tremble, tyrants and traitors

L'opprobre de tous les partis
The shame of all good men

Tremblez ! vos projets parricides
Tremble! Your parricidal schemes

Vont enfin recevoir leurs prix ! (bis)
Will receive their just reward! (repeat)

Tout est soldat pour vous combattre
Against you, we are all soldiers

S'ils tombent, nos jeunes héros,
If our young heroes fall,

La terre en produit de nouveaux,
The earth will bear new ones,

Contre vous tout prêts à se battre !
Ready to join the fight against you!

Aux armes, citoyens...
To arms, citizens...

Français, en guerriers magnanimes,
Frenchmen, as magnanimous warriors,

Portez ou retenez vos coups !
Bear or hold back your blows!

Épargnez ces tristes victimes
Spare these sad victims

À regret s'armant contre nous (bis)
Who are regretfully taking up arms against us (repeat)

Mais ces despotes sanguinaires
But not these bloody despots

Mais ces complices de Bouillé
These accomplices of Bouillé

Tous ces tigres qui, sans pitié,
All these tigers who mercilessly

Déchirent le sein de leur mère !
Ripped out their mother's breast!

Aux armes, citoyens...
To arms, citizens...

Amour sacré de la Patrie,
Sacred patriotic love,

Conduis, soutiens nos bras vengeurs
Lead and support our avenging arms

Liberté, Liberté chérie,
Liberty, cherished liberty,

Combats avec tes défenseurs ! (bis)
Fight back with your defenders! (repeat)

Sous nos drapeaux que la victoire
Under our flags, let victory

Accoure à tes mâles accents,
Hurry to your manly tone,

Que nos ennemis expirants
So that our enemies, in their last breath,

Voient ton triomphe et notre gloire !
See your triumph and our glory!

Aux armes, citoyens...
To arms, citizens...

(Couplet des enfants)
(Children's Verses)

Nous entrerons dans la carrière
We shall enter the career

Quand nos aînés n'y seront plus
When our elders will no longer be there

Nous y trouverons leur poussière
There we shall find their dust

Et la trace de leurs vertus (bis)
And the mark of their virtues (repeat)

Bien moins jaloux de leur survivre
Much less jealous of surviving them

Que de partager leur cercueil,
Than of sharing their coffins,

Nous aurons le sublime orgueil
We shall have the sublime pride

De les venger ou de les suivre !
Of avenging or following them!

Aux armes, citoyens...
To arms, citizens...

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ORIGINAL: kittinSol

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ORIGINAL: Aneirin

"Rule, Britannia! rule the waves

The nations, not so blest as thee, Must, in their turns, to tyrants fall.

The dread and envy of them all.

More dreadful, from each foreign stroke

You DO realise how uncharmingly xenophobic, trumpetingly superior the above quotes are, right? Right?! They would be funny, if they weren't so tragic  .

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ORIGINAL: popeye1250

Kitten, I bet Hitler and his U-Boat Captains HATED that song too!

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ORIGINAL: kittinSol

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ORIGINAL: popeye1250

Kitten, I bet Hitler and his U-Boat Captains HATED that song too!

Oui, mais Hitler est mort il y a longtemps. Time to move on, know what I mean?

Gainsbourg (of Je t'aime, moi non plus fame did a reggae version of La Marseillaise Aux Armes, etc. It fucking well rocked, but strangely, it was nearly banned. Strange, non?

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ORIGINAL: Aneirin

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article3666992.ece

The image of Britannia, maybe had it's origins in Roman Britain, coins minted by the then Hadrian depicted the warrior woman, some say as a tribute to Britains greatest war leader, Boudicca. A woman who under oppression united many of the tribes of Britain and very nearly succeeded in ridding the country of the Roman invader.

Britannia has always been the symbol of britain, but maybe she is under attack. Not long ago a minister criticised the singing of 'Rule Britannia' at the momentous occaision of 'Last night at the Proms' at the Albert hall, in case it upset others who call this country home.

Now She has disappeared from our coinage, is this an exercise in remodelling of our country, what do others think?

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ORIGINAL: Politesub53

Kittinsol,  wasnt  La Marseillaise first sung by workers marching on Paris ?  I cant recall but think it was.

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ORIGINAL: Politesub53

Yeah well if the revolutionaries had sung Je T`aime, Louis the whatever number would still be in power.

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ORIGINAL: Aneirin

What happened to democracy

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ORIGINAL: Aneirin

It is interesting to see the last night at the proms, not only are patriots there with their flags, but also flags of many other nationalities, all singing the same.

I would agree, the loss of Britannia is an exercise in political correctness, something created for the perceived fear of offending someone, quite often a minority. Small people with big mouths who enjoy using our essence of fair play against us. Honestly, never mind any invading force, we are our own worst enemy, just how far will we go before we wake up.

What happened to democracy

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ORIGINAL: popeye1250

I'm the real Rebel, those on the left are stuffed shirts!
I wonder how you say that in French?

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ORIGINAL: RealityLicks

How sad that fervent patriots can't come up with anything worthwhile to rally around, something that actually stirs a bit of feeling.  How come they could come up with this emblem in 1672 but no-one seems able to do so now?  A poverty of ideas, I think.