Russian Revolutionary song
(Rise brothers sunward to freedom)




Published: Socialist Review, April 1924.
HTML: Ted Crawford for marxists.org in July, 2002.


Rise brothers, sunward to freedom!
     Up, brothers, up to the light!
Out of the dark past behind us,
     March for the future is bright.

Slowly the life of millions,
     Out of the night comes birth,
Till all the surge of your longing,
     Whelms o'er the Heavens and the Earth

Now, brothers, hands clasped together,
     Death with a laught we put by!
Holy is this, our last struggle,
     Ending our slavery for aye.