Translation:The Internationale (Kots)

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The Internationale
by Arkady Yakovlevich Kots, translated from Russian by Wikisource

Based on the Russian-English translation from Wikipedia article The Internationale.

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Arise, you branded by a curse,
You whole world of the starving and enslaved!
Our indignant intellect boils,
Ready to lead us into a fight to the death.
We will destroy this world of violence
Down to the foundations, and then
We will build our new world.
He who was nothing will become everything!
CHORUS:  |: This will be our final
   and decisive battle.
   With the Internationale
   the human race will arise. :|

No one will grant us deliverance,
No God, no Tsar, no hero.
We will win our liberation,
With our very own hands.
To throw down oppression with a skilled hand,
To take back what is ours –
Fire up the furnace and hammer boldly,
while the iron is still hot!
 |: This will be our final
   and decisive battle.
   With the Internationale
   the human race will arise. :|

Only we, the workers the worldwide
The great army of labor,
Have the right to own the land,
But the parasites - never!
And if the great thunder rolls
Over the pack of dogs and executioners,
For us, the sun will still
Shine on with its fiery rays.
 |: This will be our final
   and decisive battle.
   With the Internationale
   the human race will arise. :|

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