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Day 355: Do I know the words to my "countries" anthem?
I'll take that as plural. And I'll give the American version, which is closer to the original French.
Arise ye prisoners of starvation
Arise, ye wretched of the earth
For justice thunders condemnation
A better world's in birth
Away with all your superstitions
Arise ye slaves, no more in thrall
The earth shall rise on new foundations
We have been naught, we shall be all
Tis the final battle
Let each stand in his place
The Internationale unites the human race
English version:
Arise ye starvelings from your slumbers
Arise ye prisoners of want
For reason in revolt now thunders
And thus ends the age of cant
Away with all your superstitions
Servile masses, arise, arise
We'll change forthwith the old traditions
And spurn the dust to win the prize!
So comrades come rally
And the last fight let us face
The Internationale unites the human race!
Arise ye prisoners of starvation
Arise, ye wretched of the earth
For justice thunders condemnation
A better world's in birth
Away with all your superstitions
Arise ye slaves, no more in thrall
The earth shall rise on new foundations
We have been naught, we shall be all
Tis the final battle
Let each stand in his place
The Internationale unites the human race
English version:
Arise ye starvelings from your slumbers
Arise ye prisoners of want
For reason in revolt now thunders
And thus ends the age of cant
Away with all your superstitions
Servile masses, arise, arise
We'll change forthwith the old traditions
And spurn the dust to win the prize!
So comrades come rally
And the last fight let us face
The Internationale unites the human race!