| Français | English |
| Quarante et unième (41e) Leçon | |
| "La Marseillaise" (1) | " La Marseillaise " |
| 1 Allons enfants de la patrie, 2 Le jour de gloire est arrivé. 3 Contre nous de la tyrannie (2), 4 L'étendard sanglant est levé! (bis) 5 Entendez-vous dans nos campagnes (3) 6 Mugir ces féroces soldats, 7 Qui viennent (4) jusque dans nos bras 8 Égorger (5) nos fils, nos compagnes (6) ! 9 Aux armes, citoyens! Formez vos bataillons! 10 Marchons, marchons! Qu'un sang impur abreuve (7) nos sillons! |
— 1 Come (Let us
go), children of the fatherland, — 2 The day of glory has come (is arrived). — 3 Against us, of (the) tyranny, — 4 The blood-stained standard is upraised! — 5 Do you hear in our fields ("countries"), — 6 the shouts of (bellow) those ferocious soldiers, — 7 Who are coming, right (till) into our arms — 8 to slay (slit the throat of) our sons and our women (companions) ! — 9 To (the) arms, citizens ! Form up your battalions ! — 10 March on (Let us march), march on ! Let an impure blood soak our soil ("water" our furrows) ! |
| There is no
exercise to-day, but we ask you to learn the song by heart. If you have our gramophone records, or if you know the tune of it, more or less. |