L'Internationale en anglais (vidéo)

C'est le 1er mai, non ?
Quelques libertés avec l'harmonie originale, un parfum "folk des années '70...
"Then, comrades, come rally!
And the last fight let us face.
The Internationale unites the human race."
Interprétation : Alistair Hullet et Jimmy Gregory.
L'image représente Eugène Pottier, auteur des paroles originales de l'"Inter"
Les paroles anglaises figurent sous la vidéo.



Verse 1 :
Arise ye starvelings from your slumbers
Arise ye criminals of want
For reason in revolt now thunders And at
Last ends the age of cant
Now away with all your superstitions,
Servile masses arises arise!
We'll change forthwith the old conditions
And spurn the dust to win the prize!

Chorus :
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.

Verse 2 :
No more deluded by reaction
On tyrants only we’ll make war
The soldiers too will take strike action
They’ll break ranks and fight no more
And if those cannibals keep trying
To sacrifice us to their pride
They soon shall hear the bullets flying
We’ll shoot the Generals on Our Own Side.

Chorus :
Then comrades come rally...

Verse 3 :
No Saviours from on high deliver,
No faith have we in prince or peer.
Our own right hand the chains of must shiver,
Chains of hatred, of greed and fear.
Ere the thieves will out with their booty
And to all give a happier lot,
Each at the forge must do his duty,
And strike the iron while it's hot!

Chorus :
Then comrades come rally


Mots-clef : Internationale, mouvement ouvrier, internationalisme, 1er mai