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A las Barricadas (To The Barricades) was one of the most popular songs of the Spanish anarchists during the Spanish Civil War. A las Barricadas is sung to the tune of Warszawianka 1905. The lyrics were written by Valeriano Orobón Fernández in 1936.
"The Confederation" referred to in the final stanza is the anarcho-syndicalist CNT (Confederación Nacional del Trabajo — "National Confederation of Labor"), which at the time was the largest labour union and main anarchist organisation in Spain, and a major force opposing Francisco Franco's military coup against the Spanish Republic from 1936--1939.
Lyrics
Negras tormentas agitan los aires
nubes oscuras nos impiden ver
Aunque nos espere el dolor y la muerte
contra el enemigo nos llama el deber.
El bien más preciado
es la libertad
hay que defenderla
con fe y valor.
Alza la bandera revolucionaria
que del triunfo sin cesar nos lleva en pos
Alza la bandera revolucionaria
que del triunfo sin cesar nos lleva en pos
En pie el pueblo obrero a la batalla
hay que derrocar a la reacción
¡A las Barricadas! ¡A las Barricadas!
por el triunfo de la Confederación.
¡A las Barricadas! ¡A las Barricadas!
por el triunfo de la Confederación.
Black storms shake the sky
Dark clouds blind us
Although pain and death await us
Duty calls us against the enemy
The most precious good
is freedom
And we have to defend it
With faith and courage
Raise the revolutionary flag
which leads us unceasingly to triumph
Raise the revolutionary flag
which leads us unceasingly to triumph
Working people march onwards to the battle
We have to smash the reaction
To the Barricades! To the Barricades!
For the triumph of the Confederation
To the Barricades! To the Barricades!
For the triumph of the Confederation
A las Barricadas (To The Barricades) was one of the most popular songs of the Spanish anarchists during the Spanish Civil War. A las Barricadas is sung to the tune of Warszawianka 1905. The lyrics were written by Valeriano Orobón Fernández in 1936.
"The Confederation" referred to in the final stanza is the anarcho-syndicalist CNT (Confederación Nacional del Trabajo — "National Confederation of Labor"), which at the time was the largest labour union and main anarchist organisation in Spain, and a major force opposing Francisco Franco's military coup against the Spanish Republic from 1936--1939.
Lyrics
Negras tormentas agitan los aires
nubes oscuras nos impiden ver
Aunque nos espere el dolor y la muerte
contra el enemigo nos llama el deber.
El bien más preciado
es la libertad
hay que defenderla
con fe y valor.
Alza la bandera revolucionaria
que del triunfo sin cesar nos lleva en pos
Alza la bandera revolucionaria
que del triunfo sin cesar nos lleva en pos
En pie el pueblo obrero a la batalla
hay que derrocar a la reacción
¡A las Barricadas! ¡A las Barricadas!
por el triunfo de la Confederación.
¡A las Barricadas! ¡A las Barricadas!
por el triunfo de la Confederación.
Black storms shake the sky
Dark clouds blind us
Although pain and death await us
Duty calls us against the enemy
The most precious good
is freedom
And we have to defend it
With faith and courage
Raise the revolutionary flag
which leads us unceasingly to triumph
Raise the revolutionary flag
which leads us unceasingly to triumph
Working people march onwards to the battle
We have to smash the reaction
To the Barricades! To the Barricades!
For the triumph of the Confederation
To the Barricades! To the Barricades!
For the triumph of the Confederation
