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La Marseillaise was written in 1792 by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle and the "impure blood" clearly refers to the enemies of France. Take a look at the lyrics i
by coolsunglasses 4y ago
La Marseillaise was written in 1792 by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle and the "impure blood" clearly refers to the enemies of France. Take a look at the lyrics immediately following the controversial section.
Here's a translation from Wikipedia:
"Let an impure blood
Water our furrows!
What does this horde of slaves
Of traitors and conspiring kings want?
For whom have these vile chains
These irons, been long prepared? (repeated)
Frenchmen, for us, ah! What outrage
What furious action it must arouse!
It is for us they dare plan
A return to the old slavery!
What! Foreign cohorts!
Would make the law in our homes!
What! These mercenary phalanxes
…(later)
Frenchmen, as magnanimous warriors,
Bear or hold back your blows!
Spare those sorry victims,
For regretfully arming against us (repeated)"
Okay so Frenchmen are magnaminous, valorous warriors. The enemy are the slaves of tyrants. And we're meant to believe the impure blood in a song written by a French revolutionary era freemason refers to the third estate? Seems unlikely to me.
- forty 4y agoI'm not sure what's the original interpretation was supposed to be, but as a French, bsaul interpretation is the one I choose to believe, and I think that matters more :)
- coolsunglasses 4y agobsaul agrees with me so you agree with me
- bsaul 4y agohttps://blogs.mediapart.fr/jean-clement-martin/blog/100116/quun-sang-impur-abreuve-nos-sillons-propos-dune-mauvaise-querelle https://blogs.mediapart.fr/jean-clement-martin/blog/100116/q... Damn ! it looks like you're right. I fell for this fake interpretation that got spread for the last 10 years on the net, and even reached wikipedia... Sorry about that. edit : it's even worst than that, that alternate theory reached the ministry of education and the parlement, since 2006... https://blogs.mediapart.fr/rouget-de-marseille/blog/130718/la-fake-news-du-sang-impur-t-elle-ete-preparee-par-une-inculture-programmee-0 https://blogs.mediapart.fr/rouget-de-marseille/blog/130718/l... Looks like we're having a lot of trouble with the original super barbaric lyrics :)))