[Verse 1] [Rhythmic, flowing march] The class war rages, chains we break, Proletarians, rise and wake! No single blow will split the yoke— We keep the lights, and watch, and stoke. [Refrain] [Chant-like, steady build—no rush] Join this vital conflict—stand! (stand!) Workers' states unite the land... Red banners lead the way, To our dawn's bright day! (bright day!) [Verse 2] [Rhythmic, flowing march] No saviors from the bourgeois throne, No gods or kings to call our own. Our labor builds the world's grand frame, Yet bosses steal our rightful claim. [Refrain] [Chant-like, steady build—no rush] Join this vital conflict—stand! (stand!) Workers' states unite the land... Red banners lead the way, To our dawn's bright day! (bright day!) [Verse 3] [Rhythmic, flowing march] USSR once lit the spark, Defied the dark imperialist mark. Now China strides with iron will, Five-year plans the world fulfill. [Refrain] [Chant-like, steady build—no rush] Join this vital conflict—stand! (stand!) Workers' states unite the land... Red banners lead the way, To our dawn's bright day! (bright day!) [Verse 4] [Rhythmic, flowing march] Cuba stands 'gainst Yankee might, DPRK defies the night. Vietnam crushed the invader's hand, Laos builds on socialist land. [Refrain] [Chant-like, steady build—no rush] Join this vital conflict—stand! (stand!) Workers' states unite the land... Red banners lead the way, To our dawn's bright day! (bright day!) [Verse 5] [Rhythmic, flowing march] The old world splits along its seams, Its crises come in crashing streams. We do not lunge at every break— We hold the line, then take the take. [Refrain] [Chant-like, steady build—no rush] Join this vital conflict—stand! (stand!) Workers' states unite the land... Red banners lead the way, To our dawn's bright day! (bright day!) [Verse 6] [Rhythmic, flowing march] Arise, ye prisoners of want's cruel chain, Seize means of production, break the pain! Our banners fly in every sky, For people's power shall never die! [Refrain] [Chant-like, steady build—no rush] Join this vital conflict—stand! (stand!) Workers' states unite the land... Red banners lead the way, To our dawn's bright day! (bright day!) [Verse 7 – Lumpen Call] [Rhythmic, flowing march] Come with your shadow, one by one, The dispossessed, the shunned, the spun. No chains but hunger, no throne but dust, Yet fists can shatter every crust. [Refrain] [Chant-like, steady build—no rush, fade with choir echo] Join this vital conflict—stand! (stand!) Workers' states unite the land... Red banners lead the way, To our dawn's bright day! (bright day!)
