La Marseillaise, Mireille Mathieu

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 And every c