Antiwar Songs (AWS) - The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 and Franco's Dictatorship

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A galopar

Paco Ibáñez

Traduzione italiana di Dario Puccini

dall'antologia "Romancero della Resistenza spagnola", 1960.

AL GALOPPO
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2022/7/9 - 20:20

2004

Nelle isole Canarie la guerra civile durò pochissimo perché sin dall'inizio furono conquistate dal bando fascista. Però la repressione contro i repubblicani fu spietata anche nelle isole dove delle fosse vulcaniche tipici della geografia locale furono utilizzate come fosse comuni come nel caso della Sima de Jinámar sull'isola di Gran Canaria.

Jinámar, 1937-2020: en busca de la memoria en la sima del olvido

Podrían ser, a simple vista, solo huesos
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2022/7/9 - 16:02

Song Itineraries: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 and Franco's Dictatorship

Warszawianka 1905 roku [Варшавянка; La Varsovienne; ¡A las barricadas!]

Autori Vari / Different Authors / Différents Auteurs

1δ1. Versione slovacca
1δ1. Slovak version

Czech and Slovak are very similar. This version appears to be a simple transcription of the Czech version (q.v.) into the Slovak language; or -who knows?- vice versa. Nobody knows which came first, up to this moment. [RV]

Varšavjanka
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Contributed by The multi-named user usually known as Borec 2021/12/1 - 12:49

3α. Devrim marşı ("Marcia rivoluzionaria") - Versione turca del 1980 di Alan Bush e Emine Engin
3α. Devrim marşı ("Revolutionary March") - Turkish version from 1980 by Alan Bush and Emine Engin

This Revolutionary March composed by Emine Engin to the melody of the Varshavianka (arranged by Alan Bush) was published in number 127 of the magazine İşçinin Sesi (The Worker's Voice) of 14 April 1980. İşçinin Sesi was an official fortnightly magazine of TKP (Türkiye Komünist Partisi, the Turkish Communist Party). Publication started in January 1974 and ended with number 474 in September 2000. This version is characterized by strong struggle and revolutionary accents, reflecting the civil war-like atmosphere of 1980 Turkey, few months before the military coup of 12 September 1980 lead by general Kenan Evren. [RV]

Devrim Marşı
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Contributed by Boreč 2021/12/2 - 18:24

2f1. Barrikadeille - La versione finlandese di Klaus Maunuksela (2016)
2f1. Barrikadeille - Klaus Maunuksela's Finnish version (2016)

La versione finlandese di Klaus Maunuksela è tratta dal volumetto Anarkistisia työväenlauluja (“Canti anarchici dei lavoratori”), curato da Nikola Kurkilahti (ed. Kolera, 2016). Qui di seguito anche una breve introduzione in finlandese.

This Finnish version of ¡A las barricadas! is reproduced from the booklet Anarkistisia työväenlauluja (“Anarchist Workers' Songs”) edited by Nikola Kurkilahti (Kolera, 2016) A short introduction in Finnish is provided below. [RV]

1936 alkoi Espanjan sisällissota, jossa taistelivat vapailla vaaleilla valitut tasavaltalaiset ja Francisco Francon kapinalliset kansallismieliset. Tasavaltalaisten puolella taisteli kom- munisteja, sosialisteja ja anarkisteja. Sen lisäksi, että vuonna 1936 taisteltiin Francon fasistisia joukkoja... (Continues)

Barrikadeille
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Contributed by Boreč 2021/12/5 - 00:32

3β. Adattamento messicano contro la presidenza di Enrique Peña Nieto
3β. Mexican rewriting against president Enrique Peña Nieto

Uno de los himnos más representativos de la lucha contra la reacción, la clase opresora, explotadora, oligarca, y fascista.
Letra adaptada para México en torno a la imposición de Enrique Peña Nieto.

Varshavianka / La Varsoviana
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Contributed by Boreč 2021/12/22 - 16:43

2h1. Altra versione tedesca ("Versione della Guerra Civile")
2h1. Other German version ("Civil War Version")

Il testo che segue è quello presentato dall'autorevole Volksliederarchiv e chiaramente indicato, per i riferimenti che vi si trovano, come appartenente al periodo della Guerra Civile; si tratta quindi di una modifica (anarchica) alla versione precedente attribuita spesso a Alfred Schulte (“ im Spanischen Bürgerkrieg wurde das Lied mit einem etwas anderen Text gesungen”). Nulla si sa, ovviamente, riguardo all'autore o agli autori delle modifiche. [RV]

The lyrics below are included in the authoritative Volksliederarchiv. Due to clear internal reference, the song belongs to the Civil War period, a somewhat modified version (of Anarchist tendency) of the 1932 version often attributed to Alfred Schulte (“ im Spanischen Bürgerkrieg wurde das Lied mit einem etwas anderen Text gesungen”). Nothing -rather obviously- is known about the author(s) of changes. [RV]

Die Warschawjanka - Bürgerkriegsversion
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Contributed by Boreč 2021/12/31 - 13:55

3γ. Versione francese anti-Russa, pro-Ucraina
3γ. Anti-Russian, pro-Ukraine French version

"Cette version des paroles est destinée à s'opposer à l'invasion militaire de l'est de l'Ukraine par les forces russes.
Fondamentalement, il n'y a pas de différences majeures avec la version française, mais les paroles ont été réécrites pour soutenir l'Ukraine."

La varsovienne (version anti-Russie)
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Contributed by Boreč 2022/4/25 - 00:54

about [1β. La versione turca del gruppo musicale Kutup Yıldızı ("Stella Polare")]
This song is in Azerbaijani, not Turkish...
please fix it (￣∇￣)

Boreč 2022/4/30 - 05:27

Good morning dear Boreč. I'm sorry, but Kutup Yıldızı is a music group from Turkey and they sing and write in good Turkey Turkish. I really don't know who told you that the song is in "Azerbaijani". Btw, Azerbaijani (or Azeri) is a Turkic language quite similar to Turkey Turkish. It can be easily recognized from the use of special letters ("q", "ə"...) which are not used in the Turkey Turkish spelling. See you!

Riccardo Venturi 2022/4/30 - 06:45

Good afternoon, Ricardo :)
Yes, I too thought the song was sung in Turkish from the tlyrics, but when I played it to Azerbaijanis and Russians, they replied that it was in Azerbaijani, not Turkish.
They said it has a Turkish accent, but it's in Azerbaijani.
And [DonQuijote82 - 2011/10/15 - 14:41] is same in Azerbaijani…
I’m not familiar with the Azerbaijani language and don’t know where this lyrics came from, but perhaps they were written to Turkish orthography...

Boreč 2022/4/30 - 12:55

Good evening, most beloved Boreč!

My knowledge of the (Turkey) Turkish language is not that deep, but I can tell when the lyrics of a song match what is really sung. Well, I've listened well to the song and I can tell you that it is sung in Turkey Turkish and singing matches perfectly the written lyrics. Of course, there might be some kind of “northern” accent, i.e closer to Azerbaijani, and I repeat that Turkey Turkish and Azerbaijani are very similar; but the song is sung and written in Turkey Turkish. Anyway, you can't simply transpose anything written in Turkey Turkish or Azerbaijani into each other, these languages are very close but aren't the same language you can indifferently write with different spelling systems (as in Serbian).

As for Azerbaijanis, like many other people from that linguistic area, they tend to label anything uttered in a Turkic language as a form of Azerbaijani.... (Continues)

Riccardo Venturi 2022/4/30 - 20:58

I see. I understand (￣∇￣)
sorry for confusing you...

Boreč 2022/5/1 - 04:50

1j1. Warushawa-Rōdōka: La Warszawianka in giapponese di Kaji Wataru [鹿地亘, 1927] completata da Boreč [2022]
1j1. Warushawa-Rōdōka: the Japanese Warszawianka by Kaji Wataru [鹿地亘, 1927] completed by Boreč [2022]

The Japanese version of "Warszawianka 1905 roku" was first written in 1927 by the novelist Kaji Wataru (鹿地亘). His translation is a brave piece of work with a military flavour, and has been sung by many leftists to this day. Unfortunately, only the first verse has been written in Japan, so today I have tried to write singable lyrics for the second and third verses, based on the lyrics of the Krzhizhanovsky and Georgian versions, thus I contribute here in the hope that this thread and anti-war songs will continue to grow. [Boreč]

La versione giapponese della “Warszawianka 1905 roku” è stata scritta nel 1927 dal romanziere Kaji Wataru (鹿地亘). La sua traduzione è un'opera valente e... (Continues)

ワルシャワ労働歌 (Warushawa-Rōdōka)
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Contributed by Boreč 2022/5/18 - 03:13

Dear Boreč,

Thanks for sharing with us your complete Japanese version of the Warszawianka 1905 roku written 1927 by Wataru Shikaji. To say the truth, the “one verse plus refrain” version from 1927 was already included in this page, but I didn't know anything at all about the author. So, I have reshaped the whole section accordingly. In addition to this, I really didn't know you are from Japan and a native Japanese speaker (this I learned from your Lyricstranslate profile). So, I ask you for a service: do you have further biographical info on Wataru Shikaji and, possibly, a portrait? And could you please provide an English translation of your complete Japanese version? This would be really great. Thank you, arigato!

Riccardo Venturi 2022/5/18 - 09:12

Dear Riccardo :)
Okay, here the pics of Kaji Wataru
1: https://imgur.com/7M3S5vc
2: https://imgur.com/rtBUREk
I've uploaded couple of portraits
aa….also, please fix his name.
It was Kaji Wataru, not Shikaji Wataru.
Sorry….and please wait for English translation and his biography, im writing now :)

Boreč 2022/5/18 - 09:39

Dear Boreč,

Thank you again! You don't need to write Kaji Wataru's bio: there's plenty of information on Wikipedia and other sources. I was misled by "Shikaji" (btw, I have "de-Shied" his name throughout).

Riccardo Venturi 2022/5/18 - 10:39

1s1. Versione vietnamita del 1980
1s1. Vietnamese version from 1980

"The song was originally released in Vietnam in 1980 on the LP album "Ngọn Cờ Đỏ (Red banner)". The following lyrics was identified by listening to the song, so it is not yet correct whether they are the true lyrics or not, but I’ve contributed here for our information. Also the lyricist and choir have not yet been unknown..." [Boreč]

Hành khúc Vácsava
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Contributed by Boreč 2022/5/18 - 13:56

Dear Boreč,

As you can see, I have integrated your Rōmaji transcription and English translation into the relevant page section. Thank you for your effort, which your translation helps appreciate in its fullness. As for Kaji Wataru's image, I have reproduced it for other sources. Sadly enough, it is quite complicated for us to implement images into our site from imgur and/or other image tools.

Just one last question: what does rōdōka exactly mean in Japanese?

Riccardo Venturi 2022/5/18 - 16:59

Thanks for editing article :)
Well, /Rōdōka/ means «workers' song» in Japanese.
So, when translate it into English, /Warushawa-Rōdōka/ means «Warsaw workers’ song». (￣∇￣)

Boreč 2022/5/18 - 23:46

1φ. Versione yakuta (o Sakha) di A. F. Boyarov
1φ. Yakut (Sakha) version by A. F. Boyarov

Info about Yakut: Yakut language, also known as Yakutian, Sakha, Saqa or Saxa (Yakut: саха тыла), is a Turkic language with around 450,000 native speakers spoken in Sakha (Yakutia), a federal republic in the Russian Federation, by the Yakuts. The Yakut language differs from all other Turkic languages in the presence of a layer of vocabulary of unclear origin (possibly Paleo-Siberian). There are also a large number of words of Mongolian origin related to ancient borrowings, as well as numerous recent borrowings from Russian. Like other Turkic languages and their ancestor Proto-Turkic, Yakut is an agglutinative language and employs vowel harmony.

I found a very rare language Warszawianka...assume it was probably translated during the Russian Revolution.
There maybe many more warszawianka in Russia… [Boreč]

Dear... (Continues)

Варшавянка [1]
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Contributed by Boreč 2022/5/19 - 10:29

Oh, sorry, I forgot the source…

I have integrated your source and pics into the relevant page section. Thank you!

Boreč 2022/5/19 - 11:32

1r1. Altra versione danese
1r1. Alternative Danish version

"I found an alternative text of the Danish Warszawianka. This text was published in a Danish poetry collection. It was probably translated from the Russian version of Krzyżanowski's text." [Boreč]

Warszawjanka
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Contributed by Boreč 2022/5/25 - 10:10

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1χ. Versione casciuba (Mislaus Lasota, Lyricstranslate)
1χ. Kashubian version (Mislaus Lasota, Lyricstranslate)

Kashubian or Cassubian (Kashubian: kaszëbsczi jãzëk, Polish: język kaszubski) is a West Slavic language belonging to the Lechitic subgroup along with Polish and Silesian lect. Although often classified as a language in its own right, it is sometimes viewed as a dialect of Pomeranian or as a dialect of Polish. This singable and poetic text was posted on Lyricstranslate. I wouldn't be surprised if the song is sung in Polish dialects, or rather the song could be translated in various dialects as well. [Boreč]

Warszawiónka
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Contributed by Boreč 2022/6/2 - 19:06

1β1. Altra versione turca ("Haydi yoldaşlar")
1β1. A different Turkish version ("Haydi yoldaşlar")

Il testo (il cui autore rimane sconosciuto) è stato pubblicato nel 1976 sulla rivista ufficiale del Partito Turco del Lavoro (Türkiye İşçi Partisi) ; la Warszawianka ha qui il titolo di "Haydi yoldaşlar" (“Avanti, Compagni di strada”, o semplicemente “Compagni”) o di "Varşovienka" nella Turchia continentale. Dopo aver tradotto i testi (in giapponese), ho sentito che i testi sembrano essere leggermente influenzati dalla classica versione francese di Stefan Priacel risalente a ca. il 1930.

These (still unauthored) Turkish lyrics were published in 1976 in the official magazine of the Turkish Labour Party (Türkiye İşçi Partisi); the Warszawianka bears here the title of "Haydi yoldaşlar" (“Forwards, Comrades!”), or "Varşovienka" in continental Turkey. After translating the lyrics (into Japanese),... (Continues)

Haydi yoldaşlar (Varşovienka)
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Contributed by Boreč 2022/7/6 - 14:08

1ψ. Versione azera di Morrigan De Ferelden
1ψ. Azerbaijani version by Morrigan De Ferelden

"This is a revised version of the previously contributed Azerbaijani text. I described before that the lyricist was unknown, but the lyricist was Morrigan de Ferelden, who was my comrade." [Boreč]

Varşavyanka [1]
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Contributed by Boreč 2022/7/8 - 10:37