Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle

Arise, children of the Fatherland,
The day of glory has arrived!

Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (10 May 1760 – 26 June 1836) was a French composer who in 1792 wrote La Marseillaise, the French national anthem.

Quotes

La Marseillaise (1792)

To arms, citizens,
Form your battalions,
Let's march, let's march!

Originally titled Chant de Guerre pour l'Armée du Rhin (War Song for the Army of the Rhine) · French National Anthem - "La Marseillaise" with French and English lyrics · La Marseillaise sung in Casablanca (1942) · "La Marseillaise" sung by Mireille Mathieu (1988 performance) + B&W version with English subtitles (1989)

• Allons enfants de la Patrie,
  Le jour de gloire est arrivé!
  Contre nous de la tyrannie,
  L'étendard sanglant est levé, (bis)
  Entendez-vous dans les campagnes
  Mugir ces féroces soldats?
  Ils viennent jusque dans vos bras
  Égorger vos fils, vos compagnes!

  Aux armes, citoyens,
  Formez vos bataillons,
  Marchons, marchons!
  Qu'un sang impur
  Abreuve nos sillons!

  • Arise, children of the Fatherland,
    The day of glory has arrived!
    Against us, of tyranny
    The blood-stained standard is raised,
    Do you hear in the countryside,
    Those blood-thirsty soldiers ablare?
    They're coming right into your arms
    To tear the throats of your sons, your wives!
    
    To arms, citizens,
    Form up your battalions
    March on, march on!
    Let blood impure
    Water our furrows!
  • Variant translations:

  • Arise, children of the Fatherland,
    The day of glory has arrived!
    Against us tyranny's
    Bloody banner is raised …
    Do you hear, in the countryside,
    The roar of those ferocious soldiers?
    They're coming right into your arms
    To slaughter your sons, your companions!!

    To arms, citizens,
    Form your battalions,
    Let's march, let's march!
    Let an impure blood
    Soak our fields!

  • Ye sons of France, awake to glory!
    Hark! hark! what myriads bid you rise!
    Your children, wives, and grandsires hoary,
    Behold their tears and hear their cries!

• To arms! to arms! ye brave!
  The avenging sword unsheathe!
  March on! march on! all hearts resolved
  On victory or death!

External links

• La Marseillaise: 'The Greatest National Anthem in the World, Ever' - BBC News (19 November 2015)