Le Chant des Girondins

{{Short description|Anthem of the Second French Republic (1848–1852)}} {{Infobox anthem |title = {{lang|fr|italic=no|Le Chant des Girondins}} |english_title = 'The Chant of the Girondins' |image = Chant of the Girondins (BM 1922,0710.87).jpg |image_size = |caption = Music cover to "Chant of the Girondins", featuring [[Lamartine]] |prefix = Former national |country = France |author = [[Alexandre Dumas]]<br>[[Auguste Maquet]]<br>[[Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle]] |lyrics_date = |composer = [[Alphonse Varney]] |music_date = |adopted = 1848 |until = 1852 | predecessor = "[[La Parisienne (song)|La Parisienne]]" | successor = "[[Partant pour la Syrie]]" |sound = Le Chant des Girondins (The Song of the Girondists) recording.ogg |sound_title = }} "'''{{lang|fr|Le Chant des Girondins|italic=no}}'''" ('The Chant of the [[Girondins]]') was the [[national anthem]] of the [[French Second Republic]], written for the drama ''[[Le Chevalier de Maison-Rouge]]'' by the writer [[Alexandre Dumas]] with [[Auguste Maquet]]. The lines of the refrain were borrowed from "Roland à Roncevaux", a song written in Strasbourg by [[Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle]], the author of "[[La Marseillaise]]".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nationalanthems.info/fr-52.htm|title = France (1848-1852) – nationalanthems.info}}</ref> The music is by conductor-composer [[Alphonse Varney]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://imslp.org/wiki/Chant_des_Girondins_(Varney,_Alphonse)|title = IMSLP: Chant des Girondins}}</ref>

== Lyrics ==

{| !French original !English translation |- style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" |<poem lang="fr">'''I''' Par la voix du canon d’alarmes La France appelle ses enfants, – Allons dit le soldat, aux armes ! C’est ma mère, je la défends.

{{small|'''Refrain :'''}} Mourir pour la Patrie Mourir pour la Patrie C’est le sort le plus beau, le plus digne d’envie C’est le sort le plus beau, le plus digne d’envie

'''II''' Nous, amis, qui loin des batailles Succombons dans l’obscurité, Vouons du moins nos funérailles A la France, à la liberté.

'''III''' Frères, pour une cause sainte, Quand chacun de nous est martyr, Ne proférons pas une plainte, La France, un jour doit nous bénir.

'''IV''' Du Créateur de la nature, Bénissons encore la bonté, Nous plaindre serait une injure, Nous mourons pour la liberté.

{{small|'''''Refrain'''''}}</poem> |<poem>'''I''' By the voice of the alarm gun France calleth her children, – "Come," said the soldier, to arms! It's my mother, her do I defend.

{{small|'''Refrain:'''}} Dying for the Homeland Dying for the Homeland It's the most beautiful, most desirable fate It's the most beautiful, most desirable fate

'''II''' We friends who far from battles Succumbing in the darkness, Let us at least take our funeral To France, to freedom.

'''III''' Brothers, for a holy cause, When each of us is martyred, Make not a complaint, France, one day ought to bless us.

'''IV''' From the Creator of Nature, Let us bless the goodness still, Complaining would an insult be, For freedom we die.

{{small|'''''Refrain'''''}}</poem> |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External sources== * [http://www.nationalanthems.info/fr-52~1.jpg Music Sheet (Page 1)] {{in lang|fr}} * [http://www.nationalanthems.info/fr-52~2.jpg Music Sheet (Page 2)] {{in lang|fr}}

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