“I won't march again on your battlefield.”

— Suzanne Vega

The Queen and the Soldier
Suzanne Vega (1985)

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The day of glory has arrived!
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Bloody banner is raised …
Do you hear, in the countryside,
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Variant translations:

Ye sons of France, awake to glory!
Hark! hark! what myriads bid you rise!
Your children, wives, and grandsires hoary,
Behold their tears and hear their cries!
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