<Tr> <Th> British translation (by Eugène Pottier) </Th> <Th> Billy Bragg's revision </Th> <Th> American version (by Charles Hope Kerr) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Arise, ye workers from your slumber, Arise, ye prisoners of want . For reason in revolt now thunders, and at last ends the age of cant! Away with all your superstitions, Servile masses, arise, arise! We'll change henceforth the old tradition, And spurn the dust to win the prize! Chorus So comrades, come rally, And the last fight let us face . The Internationale Unites the human race . No more deluded by reaction, On tyrants only we'll make war! The soldiers too will take strike action, They'll break ranks and fight no more! And if those cannibals keep trying, To sacrifice us to their pride, They soon shall hear the bullets flying, We'll shoot the generals on our own side . Chorus No saviour from on high delivers, No faith have we in prince or peer . Our own right hand the chains must shiver, Chains of hatred, greed and fear . E'er the thieves will out with their booty, And to all give a happier lot . Each at his forge must do their duty, And we'll strike the iron while it's hot . Chorus </P> </Td> <Td> <P> Stand up, all victims of oppression, For the tyrants fear your might! Don't cling so hard to your possessions, For you have nothing if you have no rights! Let racist ignorance be ended, For respect makes the empires fall! Freedom is merely privilege extended, Unless enjoyed by one and all . Chorus So come brothers and sisters, For the struggle carries on . The Internationale Unites the world in song . So comrades, come rally, For this is the time and place! The international ideal Unites the human race . Let no one build walls to divide us, Walls of hatred nor walls of stone . Come greet the dawn and stand beside us, We'll live together or we'll die alone . In our world poisoned by exploitation, Those who have taken, now they must give! And end the vanity of nations, We've but one Earth on which to live . Chorus And so begins the final drama, In the streets and in the fields . We stand unbowed before their armour, We defy their guns and shields! When we fight, provoked by their aggression, Let us be inspired by life and love . For though they offer us concessions, Change will not come from above! Chorus </P> </Td> <Td> <P> Arise, ye prisoners of starvation! Arise, ye wretched of the earth! For justice thunders condemnation: A better world's in birth! No more tradition's chains shall bind us; Arise, ye slaves, no more in thrall! The earth shall rise on new foundations: We have been nought, we shall be all! Chorus' Tis the final conflict; Let each stand in his place . The International working class Shall be the human race! We want no condescending saviors To rule us from a judgment hall; We workers ask not for their favors; Let us consult for all . To make the thief disgorge his booty To free the spirit from its cell, We must ourselves decide our duty, We must decide, and do it well . Chorus Toilers from shops and fields united, The union we of all who work: The earth belongs to us, the workers, No room here for the shirk . How many on our flesh have fattened! But if the noisome birds of prey Shall vanish from the sky some morning, The blessed sunlight still will stay . Chorus </P> </Td> </Tr> <P> Arise, ye workers from your slumber, Arise, ye prisoners of want . For reason in revolt now thunders, and at last ends the age of cant! Away with all your superstitions, Servile masses, arise, arise! We'll change henceforth the old tradition, And spurn the dust to win the prize! Chorus So comrades, come rally, And the last fight let us face . The Internationale Unites the human race . No more deluded by reaction, On tyrants only we'll make war! The soldiers too will take strike action, They'll break ranks and fight no more! And if those cannibals keep trying, To sacrifice us to their pride, They soon shall hear the bullets flying, We'll shoot the generals on our own side . Chorus No saviour from on high delivers, No faith have we in prince or peer . Our own right hand the chains must shiver, Chains of hatred, greed and fear . E'er the thieves will out with their booty, And to all give a happier lot . Each at his forge must do their duty, And we'll strike the iron while it's hot . Chorus </P> <P> Stand up, all victims of oppression, For the tyrants fear your might! Don't cling so hard to your possessions, For you have nothing if you have no rights! Let racist ignorance be ended, For respect makes the empires fall! Freedom is merely privilege extended, Unless enjoyed by one and all . Chorus So come brothers and sisters, For the struggle carries on . The Internationale Unites the world in song . So comrades, come rally, For this is the time and place! The international ideal Unites the human race . Let no one build walls to divide us, Walls of hatred nor walls of stone . Come greet the dawn and stand beside us, We'll live together or we'll die alone . In our world poisoned by exploitation, Those who have taken, now they must give! And end the vanity of nations, We've but one Earth on which to live . Chorus And so begins the final drama, In the streets and in the fields . We stand unbowed before their armour, We defy their guns and shields! When we fight, provoked by their aggression, Let us be inspired by life and love . For though they offer us concessions, Change will not come from above! Chorus </P>

The international soviet shall be the human race