France are the last world champions and are still looking to defend the title obtained 4 years ago in Russia 2018. With their arrival in the semifinals, their anthem will be heard on at least seven occasions in Qatar 2022. Here we tell you everything about the French anthem. Remember that the game of France and Morocco can be seen in the United States on FuboTV (free trial).
The last world champions have shown that their team is more current than ever. They won all their games (except against Tunisia, although using an alternative team) with great authority, reaching the semifinals where they will seek to be in the final again.
Before the start, the verses of the French national anthem will be heard, which will be repeated for the sixth time in Qatar, and will sound 1 more time regardless of whether they lose or win against Morocco. La Marseillaise was written in 1792 by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, and in 1975 it was adopted as the national anthem of France.
The Lyrics
Arise, children of the Fatherland,
The day of glory has arrived!
Against us, tyranny’s
Bloody standard is raised, (repeated)
Do you hear, in the countryside,
The roar of those ferocious soldiers?
They’re coming right into your arms
To cut the throats of your sons, your women!
Refrain:
�� To arms, citizens,
Form your battalions,
March, march!
Let an impure blood
Water our furrows! ��
What does this horde of slaves
Of traitors and conspiring kings want?
For whom have these vile chains
These irons, been long prepared? (repeated)
Frenchmen, for us, ah! What outrage
What furious action it must arouse!
It is for us they dare plan
A return to the old slavery!
Refrain
What! Foreign cohorts!
Would make the law in our homes!
What! These mercenary phalanxes
Would strike down our proud warriors! (repeated)
Great God! By chained hands
Our brows would yield under the yoke
Vile despots would themselves become
The masters of our destinies!
Refrain
Tremble, tyrants and you traitors
The shame of all parties,
Tremble! Your parricidal schemes
Will finally receive their prize! (repeated)
Everyone is a soldier to combat you,
If they fall, our young heroes,
Will be produced anew from the ground,
Ready to fight against you!
Refrain
Frenchmen, as magnanimous warriors,
Bear or hold back your blows!
Spare those sorry victims,
For regretfully arming against us (repeated)
But these bloodthirsty despots
These accomplices of Bouillé
All these tigers who, mercilessly,
Tear apart their mother’s breast!
Refrain
Sacred love of the Fatherland,
Lead, support our avenging arms
Liberty, cherished Liberty
Fight with your defenders! (repeated)
Under our flags may victory
Hurry to your manly accents
So that your expiring enemies
See your triumph and our glory!
Refrain
Children’s verse:
We shall enter the (military) career
When our elders are no longer there
There we shall find their dust
And the trace of their virtues (repeated)
Much less keen to survive them
Than to share their coffins
We shall have the sublime pride
To avenge or follow them.
Refrain
Variations
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