English lyrics of the Internationale as well as Chinese lyrics

The Internationale

Lyrics by Eugène Baudier

Composition by Pierre Dighet

Arise, ye prisoners of starvation!

Arise, ye prisoners of hunger!

Arise, ye wretched of the earth!

Arise, ye wretched!

For justice thunders condemnation:

For justice thunders condemnation:

A better world's in birth!

A better world is born!

No more tradition's chains shall bind us;

No more chains of tradition shall bind us;

Arise, ye slaves, no more in thrall!

Arise, ye slaves, no more in slavery!

The earth shall rise on new foundations:

The earth shall rise on new foundations:

We have been nought, we shall be all!

We have been nought, we shall be all!

Chorus

Chorus

Chorus

'Tis the final conflict;

'Tis the final conflict;

Let each stand in his place.

Let each take his place.

The International working class

International working class

Shall be the human race!

Will be the human race!

We want no condescending saviors

We don't need condescending saviors

To rule us from a judgment hall;

Rule us from a judgment hall;

We workers ask not for their favors;

We workers ask not for their help;

Let us consult for all.

To make the thief disgorge his booty

Make the thief spit out the booty

To free the spirit from its cell,

To free the soul from its cell,

We must ourselves decide our duty,

We must decide, and do it well.

Chorus

Chorus

'Tis the final conflict;

'Tis the final conflict;

Let each stand in his place.

The International working class

International working class

Shall be the human race!

Will be the human race!

Toilers from shops and fields united,

The union we of all who work:

The union we of all who work:

The earth belongs to us, the workers,

The earth belongs to us, the workers,

No room here for the shirk.

No room here for the shirt.

How many on our flesh have fattened!

How many on us have fattened!

But if the noisome birds of prey

But if those noisy raptors

Shall vanish from the sky some morning,

One day the morning will vanish from the sky,

The blessed sunlight still will stay.

The blessed sunlight still will stay.

Chorus

Chorus

'Tis the final conflict;

'Tis the final conflict;

Let each stand in his place.

The International working class

International working class

Shall be the human race!

Will be the human race!

Extended information:

The Soviet Union adopted the Internationale as its national anthem in the 1920s, and in 1944 adopted the Internationale as the party of the United ****(Bu) ( Soviet ****production party) party song in 1952.

When the Chinese Soviet*** and State (i.e., the Central Soviet Region) was founded in 1931, it was decided to adopt the Internationale as the national anthem. The Internationale was also the recital song for the National Congress of the Chinese ****anese Communist Party. From the Third Congress of the C****, the Internationale was played at the closing of the National Congress of the C**** Producers Party and its local congresses at all levels, and at the end of the Party's major events.

Background of Composition

In 1871, when the Franco-Prussian War broke out and France was defeated, the workers of Paris revolted and elected their own regime, the Paris Commune. The bourgeois government launched an attack on the Paris Commune, and from May 21 to 28, 1871, the Commune fighters and the enemy attacked the city and started a fierce street battle, and more than 30,000 Commune fighters sacrificed their lives, which was called the "Week of Bloodshed in May". 28th, Paris fell, and the Paris Commune ended up in failure.

Shortly after the failure of the Commune, one of its leaders, Eugène Baudier, wrote a poem, "Inténachonnel", and in 1888, French worker-composer Pierre Diguet composed the Internationale, which was completed.