"The Standard of Revolt", known by its original title "The Red Flag" (French: Le drapeau rouge, ), is a French socialist and anarchist revolutionary song written in 1877 by Paul Brousse to the melody of the Swiss patriotic song "The Shores of Free Sarine" (French: Les bords de la libre Sarine) by Jacques Vogt.
The English translation by M. L. Korr, published in 1932 is not based directly on the original French lyrics, but on the substantially modified Polish 1882 version by Bolesław Czerwieński, titled „Czerwony sztandar“ ("The Red Standard"), which became the anthem of the Polish Socialist Party. Czerwieński's lyrics were also the basis for Czech, German, Hungarian, Latvian, Romanian, Russian, Ukrainian, Yiddish and other translations.
Lyrics and variants French versions
Original French lyrics (Paul Brousse, 1877)
Modified French lyrics (Achille Le Roy, 1885)
Translations
Czerwony sztandar (Polish version)
Die Rote Fahne (German version)
The Standard of Revolt (English version)Le drapeau rouge – Antiwar Songs
References