Le Chiffon rouge [English translation]

Attach to your heart a scrap of red cloth

A flower the colour of blood

If you really want things to change and to move

Rise up because it’s time

Let’s go straight ahead towards the light

Raising our fists and gritting our teeth

We’ll wake up the whole world

And tomorrow, our mornings will sing

Comrade in anger, comrade in struggle

You who they made quiet, you who didn’t count

You are finally going to be able to wear it

The bit of red cloth of liberty

Because the world will be what you make of it

Full of love, justice, and joy

Attach to your heart a scrap of red cloth

A flower the colour of blood

If you really want things to change and to move

Rise up because it’s time

You were dying of hunger in your misery

You sold your arms for a bit of bread

But don’t be afraid anymore, the day is breaking

Life will be worth living tomorrow

Comrade in anger, comrade in struggle

You who they made quiet, you who didn’t count

You can finally wear it

The bit of red cloth of liberty

Because the world will be what you make of it

Full of love, justice, and joy

• Artist:Michel Fugain