Poetry from Steve Bloom



The Internationale

    


New translation of the first stanza and refrain, by Steve Bloom.
    

 

 Arise, impoverished slaves of hunger;

  arise, ye wretched of the earth;

  at last, erupting from our slumber.

  Justice thunders its rebirth.

  Sweep away this epoch of oppression;

  our multitude must stand up tall

  and shake the earth to its foundation

  we have been naught, we shall be all.

   

  'Tis the final battle

  march as one and we'll see

  the workers' international

  unite humanity!

   

  'Tis the final battle

  march as one and we'll see

  the workers' international

  unite humanity!