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|Arise ye workers from your slumbers
|Arise ye workers from your slumbers<br>Arise ye prisoners of want<br>For reason in revolt now thunders<br>And at last ends the age of cant.<br>Away with all your superstitions<br>Servile masses arise, arise<br>We’ll change henceforth the old tradition<br>And spurn the dust to win the prize.
Arise ye prisoners of want


For reason in revolt now thunders


And at last ends the age of cant.
Chorus:<br>So comrades, come rally<br>And the last fight let us face<br>The Internationale unites the human race.


Away with all your superstitions
No more deluded by reaction<br>On tyrants only we’ll make war<br>The soldiers too will take strike action<br>They’ll break ranks and fight no more<br>And if those cannibals keep trying<br>To sacrifice us to their pride<br>They soon shall hear the bullets flying<br>We’ll shoot the generals on our own side.


Servile masses arise, arise


We’ll change henceforth the old tradition
No saviour from on high delivers<br>No faith have we in prince or peer<br>Our own right hand the chains must shiver<br>Chains of hatred, greed and fear<br>E’er the thieves will out with their booty<br>And give to all a happier lot.<br>Each at the forge must do their duty<br>And we’ll strike while the iron is hot.
|Arise ye pris’ners of starvation<br>Arise ye wretched of the earth<br>For justice thunders condemnation<br>A better world’s in birth!<br>No more tradition’s chains shall bind us<br>Arise, ye slaves, no more in thrall;<br>The earth shall rise on new foundations<br>We have been naught we shall be all.


And spurn the dust to win the prize.


Chorus:<br>’Tis the final conflict<br>Let each stand in his place<br>The International Union<br>Shall be the human race.


Chorus:
So comrades, come rally
And the last fight let us face
The Internationale unites the human race.
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.
No saviour from on high delivers
No faith have we in prince or peer
Our own right hand the chains must shiver
Chains of hatred, greed and fear
E’er the thieves will out with their booty
And give to all a happier lot.
Each at the forge must do their duty
And we’ll strike while the iron is hot.
|Arise ye pris’ners of starvation
Arise ye wretched of the earth
For justice thunders condemnation
A better world’s in birth!
No more tradition’s chains shall bind us
Arise, ye slaves, no more in thrall;
The earth shall rise on new foundations
We have been naught we shall be all.
Chorus:
’Tis the final conflict
Let each stand in his place
The International Union
Shall be the human race.
We want no condescending saviors
To rule us from their judgement hall
We workers ask not for their favors
Let us consult for all.
To make the theif disgorge his booty
To free the spirit from its cell
We must ourselves decide our duty
We must decide and do it well.
The law oppresses us and tricks us,
The wage slave system drains our blood;
The rich are free from obligation,
The laws the poor delude.
Too long we’ve languished in subjection,
Equality has other laws;
"No rights", says she "without their duties,
No claims on equals without cause."
Behold them seated in their glory
The kings of mine and rail and soil!
What have you read in all their story,
But how they plundered toil?
Fruits of the workers’ toil are buried
In strongholds of the idle few
In working for their restitution
The men will only claim their due.
We toilers from all fields united
Join hand in hand with all who work;
The earth belongs to us, the workers,
No room here for the shirk.
How many on our flesh have fattened!
But if the norsome birds of prey
Shall vanish from the sky some morning
The blessed sunlight then will stay.
|Arise, the damned of the earth!
Arise, prisoners of hunger!
Reason thunders in its crater,
’Tis the eruption of the end.
Let’s make a clean slate of the past,
Enslaved mass, arise, arise!
The world’s foundation will change,
We are nothing, now let’s be all!
Chorus:
’Tis the final conflict
Let us unite and tomorrow,
The International
Will be the human race
There are no supreme saviors,
Neither God, nor Caesar nor tribune;
Producers, let us save ourselves,
We decree common salvation!
So that the thief should offer us his throat
So that spirit be wrested from its cell,
Let us fan the forge’s flames ourselves
And strike while the iron is hot.
The state represses, the law cheats,
Taxes bleed the poor;
No duties are imposed on the rich,
The rights of the poor are empty words,
We have languished long enough under domination,
Equality wants other laws:
“No rights without duties,” it says
“Equals, there are no duties without rights.”
Hideous in their apotheosis,
The kings of mines and rails,
Have they ever done aught
But rob from labor?
In the safes of that gang
What is created is smelted,
By decreeing that they turn it over
The people only want what is their due.
Kings intoxicated us with smoke,
Peace among us, war on tyrants!
Let’s apply the strike to armies,
Rifle butts raised on high and breaking ranks.
And if they insist, those cannibals,
On making heroes of us,
They’ll soon learn that our bullets
Are for our own generals.
Workers, farmers, we are
The great party of the workers,
The earth belongs only to men,
Idlers can go someplace else.
How many on our flesh eat their fill?
But if the ravens, the vultures


One morning disappeared
We want no condescending saviors<br>To rule us from their judgement hall<br>We workers ask not for their favors<br>Let us consult for all.<br>To make the theif disgorge his booty<br>To free the spirit from its cell<br>We must ourselves decide our duty<br>We must decide and do it well.


The sun would shine still!
|Stand up! Ye wretched ones who labor,
Stand up! Ye galley-slaves of want.


Man’s reason thunders from its crater,
The law oppresses us and tricks us,<br>The wage slave system drains our blood;<br>The rich are free from obligation,<br>The laws the poor delude.<br>Too long we’ve languished in subjection,<br>Equality has other laws;<br>"No rights", says she "without their duties,<br>No claims on equals without cause."


‘Tis th’ eruption naught can daunt.


Of the past let us cleanse the tables,
Behold them seated in their glory<br>The kings of mine and rail and soil!<br>What have you read in all their story,<br>But how they plundered toil?<br>Fruits of the workers’ toil are buried<br>In strongholds of the idle few<br>In working for their restitution<br>The men will only claim their due.


Mass enslaved, fling back the call,


Old Earth is changing her foundations,
We toilers from all fields united<br>Join hand in hand with all who work;<br>The earth belongs to us, the workers,<br>No room here for the shirk.<br>How many on our flesh have fattened!<br>But if the norsome birds of prey<br>Shall vanish from the sky some morning<br>The blessed sunlight then will stay.
|Arise, the damned of the earth!<br>Arise, prisoners of hunger!<br>Reason thunders in its crater,<br>’Tis the eruption of the end.<br>Let’s make a clean slate of the past,<br>Enslaved mass, arise, arise!<br>The world’s foundation will change,<br>We are nothing, now let’s be all!


We have been nothing, now be all.


Chorus:<br>’Tis the final conflict<br>Let us unite and tomorrow,<br>The International<br>Will be the human race


Chorus:


‘Tis the last call to battle!
There are no supreme saviors,<br>Neither God, nor Caesar nor tribune;<br>Producers, let us save ourselves,<br>We decree common salvation!<br>So that the thief should offer us his throat<br>So that spirit be wrested from its cell,<br>Let us fan the forge’s flames ourselves<br>And strike while the iron is hot.


Close the ranks, each in place,


The staunch old International
The state represses, the law cheats,<br>Taxes bleed the poor;<br>No duties are imposed on the rich,<br>The rights of the poor are empty words,<br>We have languished long enough under domination,<br>Equality wants other laws:<br>“No rights without duties,” it says<br>“Equals, there are no duties without rights.”


Shall be the Human race.


Hideous in their apotheosis,<br>The kings of mines and rails,<br>Have they ever done aught<br>But rob from labor?<br>In the safes of that gang<br>What is created is smelted,<br>By decreeing that they turn it over<br>The people only want what is their due.


There are no saviors e’er will help us,


Nor God, nor Caesar, nor Tribune,
Kings intoxicated us with smoke,<br>Peace among us, war on tyrants!<br>Let’s apply the strike to armies,<br>Rifle butts raised on high and breaking ranks.<br>And if they insist, those cannibals,<br>On making heroes of us,<br>They’ll soon learn that our bullets<br>Are for our own generals.<br>Workers, farmers, we are


’tis ours, O workers, must the blows be


That shall win the common boon.
The great party of the workers,<br>The earth belongs only to men,<br>Idlers can go someplace else.<br>How many on our flesh eat their fill?<br>But if the ravens, the vultures<br>One morning disappeared<br>The sun would shine still!
|Stand up! Ye wretched ones who labor,<br>Stand up! Ye galley-slaves of want.<br>Man’s reason thunders from its crater,<br>‘Tis th’ eruption naught can daunt.<br>Of the past let us cleanse the tables,<br>Mass enslaved, fling back the call,<br>Old Earth is changing her foundations,<br>We have been nothing, now be all.


From the thief to wring his stolen booty,


From the its prison to free the soul.
Chorus:<br>‘Tis the last call to battle!<br>Close the ranks, each in place,<br>The staunch old International<br>Shall be the Human race.


’tis we ourselves must ply the bellows,
There are no saviors e’er will help us,<br>Nor God, nor Caesar, nor Tribune,<br>’tis ours, O workers, must the blows be<br>That shall win the common boon.<br>From the thief to wring his stolen booty,<br>From the its prison to free the soul.<br>’tis we ourselves must ply the bellows,<br>‘Tis we must beat the anvil’s roll.


‘Tis we must beat the anvil’s roll.


The state is false, the law mockery,<br>And exploitation bows us down;<br>The rich man flaunts without a duty,<br>And the poor man’s rights are none.<br>Long enough have we in swaddling languished,<br>Lo, Equality’s new law<br>“Away with rights that know no duties,<br>Away with duties shorn of rights.”


The state is false, the law mockery,


And exploitation bows us down;
All hideous in their brutal lordship<br>Stand king of mill and mine and rail.<br>When have they e'er performed a service,<br>Or at work done aught but quail?<br>In the coffers of these robber barons,<br>Blind the world’s great wealth is thrown,<br>In summ'ning them to restitution,<br>The people seeks but what’s its own.


The rich man flaunts without a duty,


And the poor man’s rights are none.
Toilers from shop and field united,<br>The Party we of all who work;<br>The earth belongs to those who labor,<br>Hence! the idler and the shirk!<br>Say, how many on our flesh have feasted?<br>But if all this vampire flight<br>Should vanish from the sky some morning,<br>The sun will still shine on us as bright!
 
Long enough have we in swaddling languished,
 
Lo, Equality’s new law
 
“Away with rights that know no duties,
 
Away with duties shorn of rights.”
 
 
All hideous in their brutal lordship
 
Stand king of mill and mine and rail.
 
When have they e'er performed a service,
 
Or at work done aught but quail?
 
In the coffers of these robber barons,
 
Blind the world’s great wealth is thrown,
 
In summ'ning them to restitution,
 
The people seeks but what’s its own.
 
 
Toilers from shop and field united,
 
The Party we of all who work;
 
The earth belongs to those who labor,
 
Hence! the idler and the shirk!
 
Say, how many on our flesh have feasted?
 
But if all this vampire flight
 
Should vanish from the sky some morning,
 
The sun will still shine on us as bright!
|Arise, you prisoners of starvation,
|Arise, you prisoners of starvation,
Arise, you damned throughout the earth!
Arise, you damned throughout the earth!<br>For reason thunders condemnation<br>And there's a better world in birth!<br>It is time to seize our liberation,<br>Arise, arise, you slaves in thrall!<br>The earth will change at its foundation,<br>We who are nothing shall be all!
 
For reason thunders condemnation
 
And there's a better world in birth!
 
It is time to seize our liberation,
 
Arise, arise, you slaves in thrall!
 
The earth will change at its foundation,
 
We who are nothing shall be all!
 
 
Chorus:
 
This is our grand finale,
 
Stand as one, each in place!
 
The Internationale
 
Unites the human race!
 
 
We want no condescending saviours,
 
No god, no king, no lord to heed.
 
The workers ask not for their favours;
 
For we will save ourseleves from need!
 
We will make the thief disgorge his plunder
 
And free the shackled from their lot.
 
The fires in our furnace thunder,
 
We'll strike the iron while it's hot!
 
 
The system cheats in every nation,
 
While laws and taxes drain our life.
 
The rich are free from obligation;
 
But for the poor is endless strife.
 
We have languished while they lounge in beauty,
 
The law of equals rightly cites:
 
"No rights to those refusing duty,
 
No claims of duty without rights!"
 
 
All hideous in brutal glory,
 
The kings of mine and rail and soil!
 
But have you read in all their story,
 
On how they plundered workers' toil?
 
We will fight for the redistribution
 
Of workers' labour, thieved by few.
 
In working for their restitution,
 
The people only take their due.
 
 
We see through their disinformation:
 
Attempts to lead us into war.
 
But now the soldiers in formation
 
Will break their ranks and fight no more.
 
If the gruesome cannibals keep trying
 
To sacrifice us to their pride,


They soon shall hear the bullets flying,
Chorus:<br>This is our grand finale,<br>Stand as one, each in place!<br>The Internationale<br>Unites the human race!


We'll shoot the generals on our side!


We want no condescending saviours,<br>No god, no king, no lord to heed.<br>The workers ask not for their favours;<br>For we will save ourseleves from need!<br>We will make the thief disgorge his plunder<br>And free the shackled from their lot.<br>The fires in our furnace thunder,<br>We'll strike the iron while it's hot!


Just we, the workers of the world-wide,


The mighty party of labour,
The system cheats in every nation,<br>While laws and taxes drain our life.<br>The rich are free from obligation;<br>But for the poor is endless strife.<br>We have languished while they lounge in beauty,<br>The law of equals rightly cites:<br>"No rights to those refusing duty,<br>No claims of duty without rights!"


To own the planet have a true right,


But for the parasites - never!
All hideous in brutal glory,<br>The kings of mine and rail and soil!<br>But have you read in all their story,<br>On how they plundered workers' toil?<br>We will fight for the redistribution<br>Of workers' labour, thieved by few.<br>In working for their restitution,<br>The people only take their due.


For too long we've endured exploitation,


Too long we've been the vulture's prey.
We see through their disinformation:<br>Attempts to lead us into war.<br>But now the soldiers in formation<br>Will break their ranks and fight no more.<br>If the gruesome cannibals keep trying<br>To sacrifice us to their pride,<br>They soon shall hear the bullets flying,<br>We'll shoot the generals on our side!


Farewell to days of condemnation!


The red dawn brings a bright new day!
Just we, the workers of the world-wide,<br>The mighty party of labour,<br>To own the planet have a true right,<br>But for the parasites - never!<br>For too long we've endured exploitation,<br>Too long we've been the vulture's prey.<br>Farewell to days of condemnation!<br>The red dawn brings a bright new day!
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The Internationale
AuthorEugène Pottier
First published1871
TypeSong
SourceMarxists Internet Archive


French Original

Eugene Pottier (1871) Literal English translation
Debout! les damnés de la terre
Debout! les forçats de la faim
La raison tonne en son cratère,
C’est l’éruption de la fin.
Du passé faisons table rase
Foule esclave, debout! debout!
Le monde va changer de base
Nous ne sommes rien, soyons tout!

Refrain:
C’est la lutte finale
Groupons-nous et demain
L’Internationale
Sera le genre humain.

Il n’est pas de sauveurs suprêmes:
Ni dieu, ni césar, ni tribun,
Producteurs, sauvons-nous nous-mêmes!
Décrétons le salut commun!
Pour que le voleur rende gorge,
Pour tirer l’esprit du cachot
Soufflons nous-mêmes notre forge,
Battons le fer quand il est chaud!

L’etat opprime et la loi triche,
L’impôt saigne le malheureux,
Nul devoir ne s’impose au riche,
Le droit du pauvre est un mot creux.
C’est assez languir en tutelle,
L’égalité veut d’autres lois;
«Pas de droits sans devoirs», dit-elle,
«Egaux, pas de devoirs sans droits!»

Hideux dans leur apothéose,
Les rois de la mine et du rail
Ont-ils jamais fait autre chose
Que dévaliser le travail?
Dans les coffres-forts de la bande
Ce qu’il a créé s’est fondu.
En décrétant qu’on le lui rende
Le peuple ne veut que son dû.

Les rois nous saoulaient de fumées.
Paix entre nous, guerre aux tyrans!
Appliquons la grève aux armées,
Crosse en l’air et rompons les rangs!
S’ils s’obstinent, ces cannibales,
A faire de nous des héros,
Ils sauront bientôt que nos balles
Sont pour nos propres généraux.

Ouvriers, paysans, nous sommes
Le grand parti des travailleurs;
La terre n’appartient qu’aux hommes,
L’oisif ira loger ailleurs.
Combien de nos chairs se repaissent!
Mais si les corbeaux, les vautours,
Un de ces matins disparaissent,
Le soleil brillera toujours!

Arise, wretched of the earth
Arise, convicts of hunger
Reason thunders in its volcano
This is the eruption of the end
Of the past let us wipe the slate clean
Masses, slaves, arise, arise
The world is about to change its foundation
We are nothing, let us be all

Chorus:
This is the final struggle
Let us gather together, and tomorrow
The Internationale
Will be the human race

There are no supreme saviors
Neither God, nor Caesar, nor tribune.
Producers, let us save ourselves
Decree on the common welfare
That the thief return his plunder,
That the spirit be pulled from its prison
Let us fan the forge ourselves
Strike the iron while it is hot

The state represses and the law cheats
The tax bleeds the unfortunate
No duty is imposed on the rich
"Rights of the poor" is a hollow phrase
Enough languishing in custody
Equality wants other laws:
No rights without obligations, it says,
And as well, no obligations without rights

Hideous in their self-glorification
Kings of the mine and rail
Have they ever done anything other?
Than steal work?
Into the coffers of that lot,
What work creates has melted
In demanding that they give it back
The people want only its due.

The kings make us drunk with their fumes,
Peace among ourselves, war to the tyrants!
Let the armies go on strike,
Guns in the air, and break ranks
If these cannibals insist
On making heroes of us,
Soon they will know our bullets
Are for our own generals

Laborers, peasants, we are
The great party of workers
The earth belongs only to men
The idle will go reside elsewhere
How much of our flesh they feed on,
But if the ravens and vultures
Disappear one of these days
The sun will still shine

English Versions

Charles H. Kerr IWW Songbook Mitchell Abidor Alan Barbour GETchan
Arise ye workers from your slumbers
Arise ye prisoners of want
For reason in revolt now thunders
And at last ends the age of cant.
Away with all your superstitions
Servile masses arise, arise
We’ll change henceforth the old tradition
And spurn the dust to win the prize.


Chorus:
So comrades, come rally
And the last fight let us face
The Internationale unites the human race.

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.


No saviour from on high delivers
No faith have we in prince or peer
Our own right hand the chains must shiver
Chains of hatred, greed and fear
E’er the thieves will out with their booty
And give to all a happier lot.
Each at the forge must do their duty
And we’ll strike while the iron is hot.

Arise ye pris’ners of starvation
Arise ye wretched of the earth
For justice thunders condemnation
A better world’s in birth!
No more tradition’s chains shall bind us
Arise, ye slaves, no more in thrall;
The earth shall rise on new foundations
We have been naught we shall be all.


Chorus:
’Tis the final conflict
Let each stand in his place
The International Union
Shall be the human race.


We want no condescending saviors
To rule us from their judgement hall
We workers ask not for their favors
Let us consult for all.
To make the theif disgorge his booty
To free the spirit from its cell
We must ourselves decide our duty
We must decide and do it well.


The law oppresses us and tricks us,
The wage slave system drains our blood;
The rich are free from obligation,
The laws the poor delude.
Too long we’ve languished in subjection,
Equality has other laws;
"No rights", says she "without their duties,
No claims on equals without cause."


Behold them seated in their glory
The kings of mine and rail and soil!
What have you read in all their story,
But how they plundered toil?
Fruits of the workers’ toil are buried
In strongholds of the idle few
In working for their restitution
The men will only claim their due.


We toilers from all fields united
Join hand in hand with all who work;
The earth belongs to us, the workers,
No room here for the shirk.
How many on our flesh have fattened!
But if the norsome birds of prey
Shall vanish from the sky some morning
The blessed sunlight then will stay.

Arise, the damned of the earth!
Arise, prisoners of hunger!
Reason thunders in its crater,
’Tis the eruption of the end.
Let’s make a clean slate of the past,
Enslaved mass, arise, arise!
The world’s foundation will change,
We are nothing, now let’s be all!


Chorus:
’Tis the final conflict
Let us unite and tomorrow,
The International
Will be the human race


There are no supreme saviors,
Neither God, nor Caesar nor tribune;
Producers, let us save ourselves,
We decree common salvation!
So that the thief should offer us his throat
So that spirit be wrested from its cell,
Let us fan the forge’s flames ourselves
And strike while the iron is hot.


The state represses, the law cheats,
Taxes bleed the poor;
No duties are imposed on the rich,
The rights of the poor are empty words,
We have languished long enough under domination,
Equality wants other laws:
“No rights without duties,” it says
“Equals, there are no duties without rights.”


Hideous in their apotheosis,
The kings of mines and rails,
Have they ever done aught
But rob from labor?
In the safes of that gang
What is created is smelted,
By decreeing that they turn it over
The people only want what is their due.


Kings intoxicated us with smoke,
Peace among us, war on tyrants!
Let’s apply the strike to armies,
Rifle butts raised on high and breaking ranks.
And if they insist, those cannibals,
On making heroes of us,
They’ll soon learn that our bullets
Are for our own generals.
Workers, farmers, we are


The great party of the workers,
The earth belongs only to men,
Idlers can go someplace else.
How many on our flesh eat their fill?
But if the ravens, the vultures
One morning disappeared
The sun would shine still!

Stand up! Ye wretched ones who labor,
Stand up! Ye galley-slaves of want.
Man’s reason thunders from its crater,
‘Tis th’ eruption naught can daunt.
Of the past let us cleanse the tables,
Mass enslaved, fling back the call,
Old Earth is changing her foundations,
We have been nothing, now be all.


Chorus:
‘Tis the last call to battle!
Close the ranks, each in place,
The staunch old International
Shall be the Human race.

There are no saviors e’er will help us,
Nor God, nor Caesar, nor Tribune,
’tis ours, O workers, must the blows be
That shall win the common boon.
From the thief to wring his stolen booty,
From the its prison to free the soul.
’tis we ourselves must ply the bellows,
‘Tis we must beat the anvil’s roll.


The state is false, the law mockery,
And exploitation bows us down;
The rich man flaunts without a duty,
And the poor man’s rights are none.
Long enough have we in swaddling languished,
Lo, Equality’s new law
“Away with rights that know no duties,
Away with duties shorn of rights.”


All hideous in their brutal lordship
Stand king of mill and mine and rail.
When have they e'er performed a service,
Or at work done aught but quail?
In the coffers of these robber barons,
Blind the world’s great wealth is thrown,
In summ'ning them to restitution,
The people seeks but what’s its own.


Toilers from shop and field united,
The Party we of all who work;
The earth belongs to those who labor,
Hence! the idler and the shirk!
Say, how many on our flesh have feasted?
But if all this vampire flight
Should vanish from the sky some morning,
The sun will still shine on us as bright!

Arise, you prisoners of starvation,

Arise, you damned throughout the earth!
For reason thunders condemnation
And there's a better world in birth!
It is time to seize our liberation,
Arise, arise, you slaves in thrall!
The earth will change at its foundation,
We who are nothing shall be all!

Chorus:
This is our grand finale,
Stand as one, each in place!
The Internationale
Unites the human race!


We want no condescending saviours,
No god, no king, no lord to heed.
The workers ask not for their favours;
For we will save ourseleves from need!
We will make the thief disgorge his plunder
And free the shackled from their lot.
The fires in our furnace thunder,
We'll strike the iron while it's hot!


The system cheats in every nation,
While laws and taxes drain our life.
The rich are free from obligation;
But for the poor is endless strife.
We have languished while they lounge in beauty,
The law of equals rightly cites:
"No rights to those refusing duty,
No claims of duty without rights!"


All hideous in brutal glory,
The kings of mine and rail and soil!
But have you read in all their story,
On how they plundered workers' toil?
We will fight for the redistribution
Of workers' labour, thieved by few.
In working for their restitution,
The people only take their due.


We see through their disinformation:
Attempts to lead us into war.
But now the soldiers in formation
Will break their ranks and fight no more.
If the gruesome cannibals keep trying
To sacrifice us to their pride,
They soon shall hear the bullets flying,
We'll shoot the generals on our side!


Just we, the workers of the world-wide,
The mighty party of labour,
To own the planet have a true right,
But for the parasites - never!
For too long we've endured exploitation,
Too long we've been the vulture's prey.
Farewell to days of condemnation!
The red dawn brings a bright new day!

Other Indo-European Languages

Albanian

Albanian Literal English translation
Ngrihuni, ju o të munduar!

Ju të uret shkllevër anë e mbanë.

Na buçet gjaku i turbulluar

s'duam padronë dhe as tiranë

Botën mizore ne do ta shkatërrojmë

që nga themelet, e pastaj

me duart tona do të ndertojmë

botën e re në vend të saj.


Refren:

Është lufta finale,

vendimtarë mbi dhe.

Internacionale

do të jetë botë e re

Arise, oh ye who are tormented!

You hungry slaves from everywhere.

In us the perturbed blood is booming,

we don't want masters nor tyrants.

The cruel world we will destroy

from its very foundations,

and then, with our hands we will create

a new one in its place.


Chorus:

It's the final struggle,

decisive upon earth,

the Internationale

will be the new world

Bengali

Hemanga Biswas Literal English translation
জাগো জাগো জাগো সর্বহারা

অনশন বন্দী ক্রিতদাস

শ্রমিক দিয়াছে আজি সাড়া

উঠিয়াছে মুক্তির আশ্বাস।।

সনাতন জীর্ণ কু-আচার

চূর্ণ করি জাগো জনগণ

ঘুচাও এ দৈন্য হাহাকার

জীবন-মরণ করি পণ।।


কোরাস:

শেষ যুদ্ধ শুরু আজ কমরেড

এসো মোরা মিলি একসাথ

ইন্টারন্যাশনাল

মিলাবে মানবজাত।।

Wake up, wake up, wake up, proletariat,

Slaves bent on hunger strike;

Workers have responded today,

Assurance of liberation has risen.

Break the traditional, worn-out prejudices,

And doing so, people - wake up!

End this miserable wail,

Bet your life and death.


Chorus:

The final war has commenced now comrade,

Come let's together unite;

The Internationale,

Shall unite mankind.

Belarusian

Belarusian (Yanka Kupala)
Паўстань, пракляццем катаваны!
Паўстань, хто з голаду век пух!
Бурліць наш розум ўзбунтаваны.
Няволі кліча рваць ланцуг!
Стары парадак мы зруйнуем
Магутным выбухам сваім
І свет на новы лад збудуем:
Хто быў нічым — той будзе ўсім!

Прыпеў:
Гэта бой наш астатні
За працоўны народ,
Каб у лучнасці братняй
Узняўся людскі род!

Ніхто не дасць самохаць волі —
Ні бог, ні цар, ні багатыр.
Даб’емся самі лепшай долі
Дабро для ўсіх — наш правадыр!
Каб не згібаці плеч пакорных,
Каб волі дух лунаў у нас, —
Адважна плаўма сталь у горнах,
Пакуль у кузні жар не згас!

Уласць гняце, закон хітруе,
Кроў з бедных ссуць падаткі, чынш.
Ніхто багатых не турбуе,
Правы гаротных — смех адзін!
Даволі жыць чужою ласкай,
Закон аб роўнасці давёў:
«Няма правоў без абавязкаў
І абавязкаў без правоў!»

Нікчэмны ў торжышчы ўсеўладным,
Капальняў, фабрыкаў паны,
Чужую працу толькі складны
а-зверску рабаваць яны.
У скрыні-склады сытай банды
Дабро працоўнае пайшло,
Хай жа бядак даб’ецца праўды:
Каб што здабыў — яго было!

Цары паілі нас маною.
Дык нам спакой, а ім вайна.
Супроць вайны пайдзём вайною:
Душа ў салдаты — ні адна.
Калі ж уладзяць з намі гулі —
Пагоняць нас на бой за іх, —
Дык будуць знаць, што нашы кулі
Пачнуць страляць па іх саміх.

Мы ўсе работнікі, сяляне —
Сусветны рой працаўнікоў —
Мець будзем на зямлі ўладанне —
А дармаеды прэч! Далоў!
Жывіцца целам нашым годзе
Усім трутнём ды груганом!
Для нас, паўстаўшых, сонца ўсходзе,
Свяціць нам будзе век вяком!

German

Emil Luckhardt (1910) Literal English translation
Wacht auf, Verdammte dieser Erde,
die stets man noch zum Hungern zwingt!
Das Recht wie Glut im Kraterherde
nun mit Macht zum Durchbruch dringt!
Reinen Tisch macht mit dem Bedränger!
Heer der Sklaven, wache auf!
Ein Nichts zu sein, tragt es nicht länger
Alles zu werden, strömt zuhauf.

Refrain:
Völker, hört die Signale!
Auf zum letzten Gefecht!
Die Internationale
erkämpft das Menschenrecht!

Es rettet uns kein höh'res Wesen,
kein Gott, kein Kaiser noch Tribun!
Uns aus dem Elend zu erlösen
können wir nur selber tun!
Leeres Wort: des Armen Rechte!
Leeres Wort: des Reichen Pflicht!
Unmündig nennt man uns und Knechte
duldet die Schmach nun länger nicht!

In Stadt und Land, ihr Arbeitsleute,
wir sind die stärkste der Partei'n!
Die Müßiggänger schiebt beiseite!
Diese Welt muss unser sein!
Unser Blut sei nicht mehr der Raben,
Nicht der mächt'gen Geier Fraß!
Erst wenn wir sie vertrieben haben
dann scheint die Sonn' ohn' Unterlass!

Wake up, wretched of this Earth
Who are constantly forced to hunger!
Justice, like embers in the crater's hearth
Now with power pushes to the breakthrough!
Clear out the oppressors!
Army of slaves, awaken!
Being a nothing is no longer tolerable
To become everything is rising up.


Chorus:
Peoples, hear the signal!
On to the last fight!
The Internationale
Fights for human rights!


No higher power will save us,
No God, no Caesar, no tribune.
To redeem us out of misery,
Only we ourselves can do
Empty words: "the rights of the poor!"
Empty words: "the duties of the rich!"
They call us immature and servants,
Tolerate the humiliation no longer!

In the city and the country, you working people
We are the strongest of the parties!
The idle rich push to the side!
This world must belong to us!
Our blood isn't for the ravens,
Or food for powerful vultures!
Once we have driven them out,
The sun will shine without interruption!

Greek

Greek Literal English translation
Εμπρός της γης οι κολασμένοι
Της πείνας σκλάβοι εμπρός-εμπρός.
Το δίκιο απ' τον κρατήρα βγαίνει
Σα βροντή σαν κεραυνός!Φτάνουν πια της σκλαβιάς τα χρόνια.
Όλοι εμείς οι ταπεινοί της γης
Που ζούσαμε στην καταφρόνια
Θα γίνουμε το παν εμείς.!

Επωδός:
Στον Αγώνα Ενωμένοι
Κι ας μη λείψει κανείς.
Ω! Να 'τη, μας προσμένει
Στον κόσμο η Διεθνής.!

Θεοί, αρχόντοι, βασιλιάδες
Με πλάνα λόγια μας γελούν.
Της γης οι δούλοι κι οι ραγιάδες
Μοναχοί τους, θα σωθούν!
Για να σπάσουμε τα δεσμά μας
Για να πάψει πια η σκλαβιά.
Να νιώσουν πρέπει τη γροθιά μας
Και της ψυχής μας τη φωτιά!

Stand up, oppressed of this world
Slaves of starvation go ahead.
Justice arises from the crater
Like lightning, like thunder!
Let's stop the years of slavery.
All of us, the oppressed on Earth
Who lived at the scorn
We all, will be everything!

At the struggle, united
And let everyone fight.
Oh there it is, it's waiting for us.
The Internationale!

Gods, lords and kings
Are deceiving us with false words.
The slaves and oppressed of this world
Are going to be saved without anyone's help!
In order to break our chains
In order to end slavery.
They must feel our fist
And the fire of our soul!

Hindi

Hindi
क्या ख़ाक़ है तेरी ज़िन्दगानी!
उठो ऐ ग़रीब बेनवा.
क्या है ये तूने दिल में ठानी?
रहे बन्दा ग़ुलाम-ओ-ग़द्दार.
आओ हम ग़ुलामी अपनी छोड़ें,
हों आज़ाद और रिहा.
बदलें ये सारी दुनिया! बदलें!
जिस में ज़ोर ओ' ज़ुल्म ओ' जफ़ा.
है जंग हमारी आख़री,
जिस पर है फ़ैसला.
गाओ इन्तर्नास्योनाल!
उठो के वक़्त आया!

दौहराव:
है जंग हमारी आख़री,
जिस पर है फ़ैसला.
गाओ इन्तर्नास्योनाल
उठो! के वक़्त आया!

Russian

Russian (1902) Literal English translation
Вставай, проклятьем заклеймённый,

Весь мир голодных и рабов!

Кипит наш разум возмущённый

И в смертный бой вести готов.

Весь мир насилья мы разрушим

До основанья, а затем

Мы наш, мы новый мир построим,

Кто был ничем, тот станет всем.


Припев:

Это есть наш последний

И решительный бой;

С Интернационалом

Воспрянет род людской!


Никто не даст нам избавленья:

Ни бог, ни царь и не герой!

Добьёмся мы освобожденья

Своею собственной рукой.

Чтоб свергнуть гнёт рукой умелой,

Отвоевать своё добро,

Вздувайте горн и куйте смело,

Пока железо горячо!


Довольно кровь сосать, вампиры,

Тюрьмой, налогом, нищетой!

У вас  – вся власть, все блага мира,

А наше право  – звук пустой !

Мы жизнь построим по-иному

И вот наш лозунг боевой:

Вся власть народу трудовому!

А дармоедов всех долой!


Презренны вы в своём богатстве,

Угля и стали короли!

Вы ваши троны, тунеядцы,

На наших спинах возвели.

Заводы, фабрики, палаты –

Всё нашим создано трудом.

Пора! Мы требуем возврата

Того, что взято грабежом.


Довольно королям в угоду

Дурманить нас в чаду войны!

Война тиранам! Мир Народу!

Бастуйте, армии сыны!

Когда ж тираны нас заставят

В бою геройски пасть за них –

Убийцы, в вас тогда направим

Мы жерла пушек боевых!


Лишь мы, работники всемирной

Великой армии труда,

Владеть землёй имеем право,

Но паразиты  – никогда!

И если гром великий грянет

Над сворой псов и палачей, –

Для нас всё так же солнце станет

Сиять огнём своих лучей.

Get up, damned,

The whole world of hungry and slaves!

Boils our mind indignant

And ready to fight to the death.

We will destroy the whole world of violence

To the bottom and then

We are ours, we will build a new world,

Who was nobody - he will become everything!


Chorus:

This is our last And decisive battle; With the International The human race will rise!


No one will give us deliverance:

Neither God, nor the king and not a hero -

We will achieve liberation

With my own hand.

To overthrow oppression with a skillful hand,

Reclaim your goodness

Blow the horn and forge boldly,

While the iron is hot!


Pretty blood sucking, vampires,

Prison, tax, poverty!

You have all the power, all the blessings of the world,

And our right is an empty sound!

We will build life in a different way -

And here is our battle slogan:

All power to the working people!

And down with the parasites of all!


You are contemptible in your wealth,

Coal and became kings!

You are your thrones, parasites,

They erected on our backs.

Plants, factories, chambers -

Everything is created by our labor.

It's time! We require a refund

That which is taken by robbery.


Enough to please kings

To stupefy us in the daze of war!

War on tyrants! Peace to the People!

Strike, army sons!

When will tyrants force us

In battle, heroically fall for them -

Killers, then we will send you

We are the muzzles of battle cannons!


Only we, the workers of the world

Great Army of Labor

We have the right to own land

But parasites - never!

And if the great thunder strikes

Over a pack of dogs and executioners,

For us, the sun will also become

Shine with the fire of your rays.

Ukrainian

Ukrainian (Mykoly Voronoho)
Повстаньте, гнані і голодні
Робітники усіх країв,
Як y вулкановій безодні
B серцях y нас клекоче гнів.
Ми всіх катів зітрем на порох
Повстань же, військо злидарів
Bce, що забрав наш лютий ворог
Щоб повернути, час наспів.

Чуєш:
сурми заграли
Час розплати настав.
В Інтернаціоналі
Здобудем людських прав!

He ждіть рятунку не від кого:
Ні від богів, ні від царів!
Позбудеться ярма тяжкого
Сама сім'я пролетарів.
Пусті слова про право бідних!
Держава дбала не про нас.
Hac мали за рабів негідних
Доволі кривди і образ.

B склепах загарбані віками
Лежать заховані скарби:
Bce те, що надбане трудами
Слізьми голодної юрби.
I так визискуваним буде
Робочий люд багато літ!
Широкий світ a всюду, всюди
Безсильне — право, сильний — гніт.

B нужді та утисках ми бились,
A з наших жил точили кров.
Над нами багачі глумились,
A ми корилися їм знов.
Скидаймо ж гніт, ганьбу і маску
Вже промінь щастя нам засяв.
He треба прав без обов'язку
I обов'язку, що без прав!

Лиш ми, робітники, ми — діти
Святої армії труда,
Землею будем володіти,
A паразитів жде біда!
Тоді, як грім під час негоди,
Впаде на голову катів,
Нам сонце правди і свободи
Засяє в тисячах огнів.

Non-Indo-European Languages

Chinese

Traditional Simplified Pinyin Literal English translation
起來,饑寒交迫的奴隸,

起來,全世界受苦的人!

滿腔的熱血已經沸騰,

要為真理而鬥爭!

舊世界打個落花流水,

奴隸們起來起來!

不要說我們一無所有,

我們要做天下的主人!


副歌:

這是最後的鬥爭,

團結起來到明天,

英特納雄耐爾

就一定要實現。


從來就沒有甚麼救世主,

也不靠神仙皇帝。

要創造人類的幸福,

全靠我們自己!

我們要奪回勞動果實,

讓思想衝破牢籠。

快把那爐火燒得通紅,

趁熱打鐵才能成功!


是誰創造了人類世界?

是我們勞動群眾。

一切歸勞動者所有,

哪能容得寄生蟲!

最可恨那些毒蛇猛獸,

吃盡了我們的血肉。

一旦把他們消滅乾淨,

鮮紅的太陽照遍全球!

起来,饥寒交迫的奴隶,

起来,全世界受苦的人!

满腔的热血已经沸腾,

要为真理而斗争!

旧世界打个落花流水,

奴隶们起来起来!

不要说我们一无所有,

我们要做天下的主人!


副歌:

这是最后的斗争,

团结起来到明天,

英特纳雄耐尔

就一定要实现。


从来就没有什么救世主,

也不靠神仙皇帝。

要创造人类的幸福,

全靠我们自己!

我们要夺回劳动果实,

让思想冲破牢笼。

快把那炉火烧得通红,

趁热打铁才能成功!


是谁创造了人类世界?

是我们劳动群众。

一切归劳动者所有,

哪能容得寄生虫!

最可恨那些毒蛇猛兽,

吃尽了我们的血肉。

一旦把他们消灭干净,

鲜红的太阳照遍全球!

Qǐ lái, jī hán jiāo pò de nú lì,

Qǐ lái, quán shì jiè shòu kǔ de rén!

Mǎn qiāng de rè xuè yǐ jīng fèi téng,

Yào wèi zhēn lǐ ér dòu zhēng!

Jiù shì jiè dǎ gè luò huā liú shuǐ,

Nú lì men, qǐ lái!, qǐ lái!

Bú yào shuō wǒ men yì wú suǒ yǒu,

Wǒ men yào zuò tiān xià de zhǔ rén.


Fù gē:

Zhè shì zuì hòu de dòu zhēng,

Tuán jié qǐ lái, dào míng tiān,

Yīng tè nà xióng nài ěr

Jiù yí dìng yào shí xiàn.


Cóng lái jiù méi yǒu shén me jiù shì zhǔ,

Yě bú kào shén xiān huáng dì.

Yào chuàng zào rén lèi de xìng fú,

Quán kào wǒ men zì jǐ.

Wǒ men yào duó huí láo dòng guǒ shí,

Ràng sī xiǎng chōng pò láo lóng.

Kuài bǎ nà lú huǒ shāo de tōng hóng,

Chèn rè dǎ tiě cái néng chéng gōng.


Shì shéi chuàng zào le rén lèi shì jiè?

Shì wǒ men láo dòng qún zhòng.

Yí qiè guī láo dòng zhě suǒ yǒu,

Nǎ néng róng de jì shēng chóng!

Zuì kě hèn nà xiē dú shé měng shòu,

Chī jìn le wǒ men de xuè ròu.

Yí dàn bǎ tā men xiāo miè gān jìng,

Xiān hóng de tài yáng zhào biàn quán qiú.

Arise, slaves afflicted by hunger and cold,

Arise, suffering people all over the world!

The blood which fills our chest has boiled over,

We must struggle for truth!

The old world shall be destroyed

Arise, slaves, arise!

Do not say that we have nothing,

We shall be the owners of the world!


Chorus:

This is the final struggle,

Unite together towards tomorrow,

The Internationale

Shall certainly be achieved.


There have never been any divine redeemers,

Nor deities, nor emperors on which to depend.

To create Humankind's happiness

We must entirely depend on ourselves!

We shall retake the fruits of our labor,

And let the mind burst free from its prison cell.

Let the flames in the furnace burn red-hot,

For only when the iron is hot will we succeed in forging it!


Who is it that created the world of humankind?

It is us, the masses.

Everything is for workers,

How can parasites be accommodated!

The most detestable are those poisonous snakes and savage beasts

Eating up our flesh and blood.

Exterminate them all at once,

The red sun will shine all over the globe!

Korean

Northern version Southern version
일어나라, 저주로 인맞은,
주리고 종된 자 세계!
우리의 피가 끓어 넘쳐,
결사전을 하게하네!
억제의 세상 뿌리빼고,
새 세계를 세우자!
짓밟혀 천대받은 자
모든 것의 주인이 되리!

후렴
이는 우리 마지막,
판가림, 싸움이니!
인터나쇼날로,
인류가 떨치리!

하느님도 임금도 영웅도,
우리를 구제 못하라!
우리는 다만 제 손으로,
해방을 가져오리라!
거세인 솜씨로 압박,
부시고 제것을 찾자면
풀무를 불며 용감히,
두드려라 쇠가 단김에!

우리는 오직 전 세계의,
위대한 로력의 군대!
땅 덩어리는 우리의 것이니,
기생충에게는 없으리!
개무리와 도살자에게는,
큰 벼락 쏟아져도,
우리의 머리 우에는,
찬란한 태양이 비치리!

깨어나라, 노동자의 군대,
굴레를 벗어 던져라!
정의는 분화구의 불길-
처럼 힘차게 타온다!
대지의 저주받은 땅에,
새 세계를 펼칠 때,
어떠한 낡은 쇠사슬도,
우리를 막지 못 해!

후렴
들어라 최후 결전,
투쟁의 외침을,
민중이여 해방의,
깃발 아래 서자!
역사의 참된 주인,
승리를 위하여
인터내셔널 깃발 아래,
전진 또 전진

어떠한 높으신 양반
고귀한 이념도,
허공에 매인 십자가도
우릴 구원 못 하네
우리 것을 되찾는 것은,
강철 같은 우리 손!
노예의 쇠사슬을 끊어,
내고 해방으로 나가자!

억세고 못박혀 굳은 두
손 우리의 무기다!
나약한 노예의 근성,
모두 쓸어 버리자!
무너진 폐허의 땅에,
평등의 꽃 피울 때,
우리의 붉은 새 태양은,
지평선에 떠온다!

Vietnamese

Vietnamese (Đỗ Minh) Literal English translation
Vùng lên! Hỡi các nô lệ ở thế gian
Vùng lên! Hỡi ai cực khổ bần hàn
Sục sôi nhiệt huyết trong tim đầy chứa rồi
Quyết phen này sống chết mà thôi.
Chế độ xưa ta mau phá sạch tan tành
Toàn nô lệ, vùng đứng lên đi
Nay mai cuộc đời của toàn dân khác xưa
Bao nhiêu lợi quyền ắt qua tay mình

Điệp khúc:
Đấu tranh này là trận cuối cùng
Kết đoàn lại để ngày mai
Lanh-téc-na-xi-ông-na-lơ
Sẽ là xã hội tương lai

Arise, slaves of this Earth
Arise, the poor and destitute
Whose hearts overflow with boiling fervor
Hell-bent on fighting or die trying
Hastily we move to tear down the old regime
All slaves, let's arise
Tomorrow, the people's lives will be different
And all privileges will be ours

Refrain:
This struggle is the last fight
Let's unite so that tomorrow
The Internationale
Will be the society of the future!