Le Chant Du Départ
Mireille Mathieu
The Departure Song
Singing in victory
Opens the gate for us
Freedom guides our steps
From the North to the South
The warlike trumpet
Has sounded the time for battle
Tremble enemies of France,
Kings drunk with blood and pride
The sovereign people advance
Tyrants descend into the coffin
The republic calls us
Let's know how to conquer or know how to perish
A Frenchman must live for her,
For her a Frenchman must die
A Frenchman must live for her,
For her a Frenchman must die
From our motherly eyes
Do not fear the tears
Far from us cowardly pains
We must triumph
When you take up arms
It's for the king to shed tears
We gave you life
Warriors, it no longer belongs to you
All your days belong to the Fatherland,
She is your mother before us
The republic calls us
Let's know how to conquer or know how to perish
A Frenchman must live for her,
For her a Frenchman must die
A Frenchman must live for her,
For her a Frenchman must die
On the iron, before God, we swear to our fathers,
To our wives, to our sisters,
To our representatives, to our sons, to our mothers
To annihilate the oppressors
In all places, in the deep night
Plunging the infamous royalty
The French will give to the world
Both peace and freedom
The republic calls us
Let's know how to conquer or know how to perish
A Frenchman must live for her,
For her a Frenchman must die
A Frenchman must live for her,
For her a Frenchman must die
