The Standard of Revolt explained

Le drapeau rouge
Cover:Czerwony sztandar - pocztówka.jpg
Language:French
English Title:The Standard of Revolt
Written:1877
Published:1877
Genre:revolutionary song
Composer:Jacques Vogt

"The Standard of Revolt", known by its original title "The Red Flag" (French: Le drapeau rouge), is a French socialist and anarchist revolutionary song written in 1877 by Paul Brousse to the melody of the Swiss patriotic song "The Shores of Free Sarine" (French: Les bords de la libre Sarine) by Jacques Vogt.[1]

The English translation by M. L. Korr, published in 1932 is not based directly on the original French lyrics, but on the substantially modified Polish 1882 version by Bolesław Czerwieński, titled „Czerwony sztandar“ ("The Red Standard"), which became the anthem of the Polish Socialist Party. Czerwieński's lyrics were also the basis for Czech, German, Hungarian, Latvian, Romanian, Russian, Ukrainian, Yiddish and other translations.[2]

Lyrics and variants

French versions

Translations

Notes and References

  1. Robert Brécy . 1975 . Le Drapeau rouge . Revue d'Histoire Moderne & Contemporaine . 22 . 2 . 262–268 . fr. 10.3406/rhmc.1975.2420 .
  2. Book: Józef Kozłowski . Pieśń Bolesława Czerwieńskiego . Bolesław Czerwieński's Song . 1966 . . pl.
  3. https://www.antiwarsongs.org/canzone.php?lang=en&id=49838 Le drapeau rouge – Antiwar Songs