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by Jean-Paul Marat (1743 - 1793)

Où est la patrie de ceux qui n'ont...
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Où est la patrie de ceux qui n'ont aucune propriété, 
qui ne peuvent prétendre à aucun emploi, 
qui ne retirent aucun avantage du pacte social ? 
Partout condamnés à servir, s'ils ne sont pas 
sous le joug du maître, ils sont sous celui de leurs concitoyens, 
et, quelque révolution qu'il arrive, 
leur lot éternel est la servitude, la pauvreté, 
l'oppression. Que pourraient-ils donc devoir à l' Etat ? 
Il n'a rien fait pour eux que de cimenter leur misère 
et de river leurs fers ; ils ne lui doivent 
que la haine et les malédictions.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Jean-Paul Marat (1743 - 1793), no title, appears in L'ami du Peuple, in Sur le plan du comite militaire, an excerpt [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by André Jolivet (1905 - 1974), "Où est la patrie ?", 1951, published 1996 [ medium voice, men's chorus, and orchestra or piano ], from Chants d'hier et de demain, no. 1, Éd. Gérard Billaudot [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Where is the country?", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2016-05-03
Line count: 11
Word count: 92

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