The French National Anthem sung by Mireille Mathieu in 1988
God of mercy and justice
See our tyrants, judge our hearts
Your goodness be with us
Defend us from these oppressors (repeat)
You reign in heaven and on earth
And before you all must bend
In your arms, come support us
You, great God, lord of thunder.
To arms, citizens...
French people know thy glory
Crowned by equality,
What a triumph, what a victory,
To have won Liberty! (repeat)
The God who throws thunder
And who commands the elements,
To exterminate the tyrants
Uses your arm on Earth.
To arms, citizens...
Of tyranny, we have
Rebuffed its last efforts;
It is banished from our climes;
Among the French the kings are dead. (repeat)
The Republic may live forever!
Anathema to royalty!
May this refrain, sung everywhere,
Protect politics from kings.
To arms, citizens...
France that Europe admires
Has regained liberty
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