"Le drapeau rouge" | |
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Song | |
Language | French |
English title | The Standard of Revolt |
Written | 1877 |
Published | 1877 |
Genre | revolutionary song |
Songwriter(s) | Paul Brousse (original French) Bolesław Czerwieński (Polish) Michael L. Korr (English) |
Composer(s) | Jacques Vogt |
The Standard of Revolt (original French title: Le drapeau rouge, The Red Flag) is a French socialist and anarchist revolutionary song written in 1877 by Paul Brousse to the melody of the Swiss patriotic song Les bords de la libre Sarine by Jacques Vogt.[1]
The English translation by M.L. Korr, published in 1932, is not based directly on the original French, but on the substantially modified Polish 1882 version by Bolesław Czerwieński, titled Czerwony sztandar, which became the anthem of the Polish Socialist Party. Czerwieński's lyrics were also the basis for Czech, German, Hungarian, Latvian, Romanian, Russian, Ukrainian, Yiddish and other translations.[2]
Lyrics and variants
French versions
Original French lyrics (Paul Brousse, 1877)[1] |
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Dans la fumée et le désordre, |
Modified French lyrics (Achille Le Roy, 1885)[1] |
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Les révoltés du Moyen Âge |
Translations
Czerwony sztandar (Polish version)[2] |
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Krew naszą długo leją katy, |
Die Rote Fahne (German version)[3] |
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Des Volkes Blut verströmt in Bächen |
The Standard of Revolt (English version)[3] |
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The cruel tyrants of the nation |
References
- 1 2 3 Robert Brécy (1975). "Le Drapeau rouge". Revue d'Histoire Moderne & Contemporaine (in French). 22 (2): 262–268. doi:10.3406/rhmc.1975.2420.
- 1 2 Józef Kozłowski (1966). Pieśń Bolesława Czerwieńskiego [Bolesław Czerwieński's Song] (in Polish). Książka i Wiedza.
- 1 2 Le drapeau rouge – Antiwar Songs