The message of May

On May Day the cogwheel of work will stop

A symbol of rejecting exploitation

Our labour power and our arms

No, they can never plunder from us

Workers head for battle in unity

Turn this order of capital up side down

So we can raise a new order

An equal and free, a whole new world

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Workers hear now the massage of May

With a stoic stand take a step this way

Unity's the way, come workers unite

Bring down the old and make a new rise

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At the first dawn of the month of May

Hear the trumpet of the Paris commune resonate

So the world's proletariat arises

And all together free the human kind

The memory of those great communards

The red banner on the path ahead of us

What do we have but our chains to lose

Tomorrow the world is undoubtedly ours

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Workers hear now the massage of May

With a stoic stand take a step this way

Unity's the way, come workers unite

Bring down the old and make a new rise

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Don't astray from the line, don't fall behind

Stay apace with us, walk along side

Just like mountains, we stand strong

Confluent and in motion like the oceans

It's the certain decree of history

Our fight/battle will come to victory

Render your heart to this belief

We are the messengers of sun and spring