"Workers of Vienna" is an Austrian workers' song written by Fritz Brügel. It uses the tune of "White Army, Black Baron" (A Bolsheviks' Russian marching song), composed by Samuel Pokrass. It became popular during the civil war, and its popularity has since grown, attracting many anti-fascist movements and people around the world.
Lyrics[]
German original[]
Latin script | Cyrillic script |
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Wir sind das Bauvolk der kommenden Welt, |
Вир зинд дас бауфольк дер комменден вельт, |
English translation[]
We are the builders of the new world,
we are the planter, the seed, and the field.
We are the harvesters of the new crop,
we are the future and we are the deed.
Refrain:
So soar! ye flaming red flag!
above the paths we pursue
We are the faithful fighters of the future,
we are the workers of Vienna.
Bourgeois of factories, ye "masters" of the world,
your supremacy shall finally come to end.
We, the army that creates the future,
destroy the shackles that bind us tightly.
Refrain
Like the lies that scornfully gird us,
Anything triumphant creates its own spirit.
But prisons and irons can annihilate our efforts,
As we stand ready for the final battle.
Refrain