Aux armes, citoyens . . .
To arms, citizens . . .
Nous entrerons dans la carrière
We shall enter the (military) career
Quand nos aînés n’y seront plus,
When our elders are no longer there,
Nous y trouverons leur poussière
There we shall find their dust
Et la trace de leurs vertus (bis)
And the trace of their virtues (repeat)
(Children’s Verse)
Bien moins jaloux de leur survivre
Much less wanting to survive them
Que de partager leur cercueil,
Than to share their coffins,
Nous aurons le sublime orgueil
We shall have the sublime pride
De les venger ou de les suivre
Of avenging or of following them
—“WAR SONG FOR THE ARMY OF THE RHINE”
The cinema is an invention without any future . . .
—AUGUSTE AND LOUIS LUMIÈRE