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Related: About this forumA musical tribute to my French compatriots..."À la Volonté du Peuple"
("To the Will of the People", the French version of the Les Miserables classic, "Do You Hear the People Sing?"
Do have a listen--it's galvanizing, inspiring. Even more powerful in French than in English.
A la volonté du peuple
Et à la santé du progrès,
Remplis ton cur d'un vin rebelle
Et à demain, ami fidèle.
Nous voulons faire la lumière
Malgré le masque de la nuit
Pour illuminer notre terre
Et changer la vie.
Il faut gagner à la guerre
Notre sillon à labourer,
Déblayer la misère
Pour les blonds épis de la paix
Qui danseront de joie
Au grand vent de la liberté.
A la volonté du peuple
Et à la santé du progrès,
Remplis ton cur d'un vin rebelle
Et à demain, ami fidèle.
Nous voulons faire la lumière
Malgré le masque de la nuit
Pour illuminer notre terre
Et changer la vie.
A la volonté du peuple,
Je fais don de ma volonté.
S'il faut mourir pour elle,
Moi je veux être le premier,
Le premier nom gravé
Au marbre du monument d'espoir.
A la volonté du peuple
Et à la santé du progrès,
Remplis ton cur d'un vin rebelle
Et à demain, ami fidèle.
Nous voulons faire la lumière
Malgré le masque de la nuit
Pour illuminer notre terre
Et changer la vie.
___________________________
To the will of the people
And to the health of progress,
Fill your heart with rebel wine
Till the morrow, loyal friend.
We want to make it light
Despite the mask of night
To illumine our land
And change our lives.
We must win the war,
Our furrow to plow,
Mow down misery
To raise golden kernels of Peace
Who will dance for joy
In the great wind of freedom.
To the will of the people
And to the health of progress,
Fill your heart with rebel wine
Till the morrow, loyal friend.
We want to make it light
Despite the mask of night
To illumine our land
And change our lives.
To the will of the people,
I make a gift of my will.
If I must die for her,
I want to be the first,
The first name engraved
On the marble monument to hope.
To the will of the people
And to the health of progress,
Fill your heart with rebel wine
Till the morrow, loyal friend.
We want to make it light
Despite the mask of night
To illumine our land
And change our lives.
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A musical tribute to my French compatriots..."À la Volonté du Peuple" (Original Post)
Surya Gayatri
Jan 2015
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Tansy_Gold
(17,850 posts)1. Merci. n/t
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)2. De rien. Le plaisir est pour moi !