Lusuku lweBastille! Masithethe Ngengoma engummangaliso yeSizwe saseFrance

Ngelixa enika ingxelo ngentlanganiso kaMongameli uDonald Trump noMongameli wase-France u-Emmanuel Macron eParis ngolwe-Lwesithathu, u-Poppy Harlow we-CNN waxuba imihobe yesizwe yaseMelika kunye neFrance. Njengokuba iqela lomkhosi waseFrance laqala i-Star-Spangled Banner, uHarlow wamema ababukeli ukuba bazokumamela umhobe wesizwe wase-France endaweni yoko:

Ngaphezulu. Kodwa nantsi into: Andicingi ukuba uPoppy Harlow wenze impazamo. Ndicinga ukuba wayevuma nje oko thina baseMelika ngokufihlakeleyo besisoloko sisazi: IMarseillaise ipholile ephindaphindwe ngesigidi kune-Star-Spangled Banner. Kuya kuba nethamsanqa kuthi ukuba amazwe ethu amabini atshintshe imihobe.

Jonga, masiyivume nje: I-Star-Spangled Banner yi-dud. Kunzima ukucula, ukuqala; kuko konke ukuphumelela UWhitney Houston-kwi-Super Bowl Okomzuzwana, sikwabona inqwaba yabadlali ukuqhekeka kumanqaku aphakamileyo okanye kwi-flub amazwi (njengoko kufakwe kwenye yezona zinto ndizithandayo 30 iziqhulo zerock ). Kukho isizathu sokuba sonke siqale siqhwabele izandla kwimidlalo yezemidlalo xa imvumi ifike ilungiselela laaaaand ye-freeeeee-sonke sikhululekile ukuba bayenzile kude kube ngaphandle kokunyibilika.

Kwaye akufani nokukhumbula umzuzu obalaseleyo kwimbali yesizwe sethu, nokuba. UFrancis Scott Key wabhala umbongo onamagama awathi ekugqibeleni aba ngamazwi kwiThe Star-Spangled Banner ngo-1814, ekhumbula ukuzikhusela ngempumelelo kweFort McHenry kwibhombu yaseBritane ngexesha leMfazwe yaseBaltimore. Idabi laliyenye yeendawo ezimbalwa eziqaqambileyo zeMfazwe ye-1812, ungquzulwano olwenza kuphela kwiincwadi zembali zaseMelika njengecala-mhlawumbi kungenxa yokuba siphulukene. (Ngokukrakra. Abantu baseMelika bathanda ukwenza ngathi imfazwe yayi tie, kodwa yiya kubuza umntu waseKhanada ukuba bacinga ntoni ngaloo nto.)

Umhobe wesizwe waseFrance, okwangoku, ungumboniso ovela ekuqaleni ukuya ekugqibeleni. Ibhalwe nguClaude Joseph Rouget de Lisle embindini woQhushululu lwaseFrance, yayiyingoma yokumasha, ekuqaleni eyayibizwa ngokuba yiNgoma Yemfazwe yomkhosi waseRhine. Iimonarchies zaseYurophu zazimanyene ukuze zihlasele iFrance zitshabalalise urhulumente wotshintsho; URouget de Lisle wabhala ingoma yakhe ukukhuthaza imikhosi yaseFrance ukuba ikhusele ilizwe labo kunye neentsapho zabo. Yasasazeka ngokukhawuleza phakathi kwamajoni aqhelekileyo, kwaye xa amavolontiya esixeko esisemazantsi eMarseille ematsha eParis ecula le ngoma, yavuselelwa iLa Marseillaise.

Ngokungafaniyo ne-Star-Spangled Banner, iMarseillaise ngoko nangoko itsalela kumphulaphuli kwisenzo:

Vuka, bantwana belizwe loobawo

Umhla wozuko ufikile!

Hee! Phakama kwi-esile lakho elonqenayo! Ilizwe lakho liyakudinga-kwaye ukhawuleze, kuba izinto ziya esihogweni:

Nxamnye nathi ubuzwilakhe

Kuphakanyiswe ibhanile enegazi

Uyandiva, emasimini

Ukubhomboloza kwala majoni anoburhalarhume?

Ziza ngqo ezingalweni zethu

Ukuqhekeza imqala yoonyana bethu, abafazi bethu!

Iingoma zinoburhalarhume kwaye aziphelelanga ekuboniseni kwabo izinto ezoyikisayo zemfazwe. Lo ayingomfanekiso mhle wokukhanya kwelitha ebomvu, okanye iibhombu ezigqabhuzayo emoyeni ezihambelana ngokugqibeleleyo nemiboniso yomlilo kaJulayi. Le ngoma yabasetyhini nabantwana banqunyulwe umqala. Iflegi apha ayihambisi ngobukrakra; enyanisweni, ayiyiyo nendwe yaseFrance, kodwa ibhanile enegazi yookumkani abangoozwilakhe baseYurophu. Esi sisoyikiso esithwele iFrance, isoyikiso sokuba abemi baseFrance mabalwe:

Kwiingalo, abemi!

Yenza imikhosi yakho!

Masimashe, masimatse!

Vumela igazi elingahlambulukanga

Nkcenkceshela amasimi ethu!

Ngubani, masihambe sikhabe iesile elikhohlakeleyo! Yiza. Awunakunceda kodwa ufumane ukumpompa ngale nto-ngakumbi loo mgca wokugqibela, oyinto eyoyikisayo kunye nembongi engaqhelekanga. Kude kube namhla, ababhali-mbali abavumelani malunga nokuba leliphi na igazi ekufuneka lichithelwe emasimini aseFrance: ligazi langaphandle lamajoni otshaba? Ngaba igazi elicocekileyo (njengakulo, elingadumanga) labahlali baseFrance abazincamayo ngenxa yesizwe? Akukho mntu uyazi ngokuqinisekileyo, kodwa sisihogo somgca wokukhwaza kunye namawaka wakho Bantu bakuthi phambi komnyhadala wezemidlalo wamanye amazwe. Libala ingoma yomntakwabo wase-USA! I-USA! -Ukucinga nje ukuba ibala eligcwele abalandeli baseMelika abanokuyenza ngengoma enje.

Kwaye andikhange ndikhankanye owona mboniso ubalaseleyo weyona movie ibalaseleyo:

Jonga, ndiyazi ukuba abanye abantu baseMelika bahlala bezokuba ne-chip engaqhelekanga egxalabeni xa kufikwa eFrance. Ecaleni kolwimi lwesiNgesi kunye ne-habeas corpus, iFrancophobia mhlawumbi lelona lifa lihlala ixesha elide e-United States. Nangona amaFrentshi asinike ubeko lwenkunzi yethu , Iipesenti ezingama-23 zelizwekazi laseMelika , kunye neyona iconic yethu uphawu lwenkululeko , abantu abaninzi awazi nokuba iFrance yeyona nto indala eMelika, ngokukaTrump. (Ndicinga ukuba abo bantu khange babone uDaveed Diggs njengeMarquis de Lafayette eHamilton? Kungenxa yokuba wayengenakulibala.)

Kwabaninzi baseMelika, iFrance lilizwe elinabantu abazizigidi ezingama-66 Iinkawu zitya isonka samasi, ii-snobs ezinemfashini ezinuka kakubi nezikhohlakeleyo kubantu baseMelika xa sityelele ilizwe labo kwaye si-odola ibhiya ebandayo… kwaye kuxhomekeke kuthi kuphela ukuba bonke abaseli lager yaseJamani, kunjalo.

Kodwa nje. Yiya ujonge lo mboniso uvela eCasablanca. Okanye lo mboniso ukusuka eLa Vie En Rose. Okanye lo mzuzu wobomi bokwenyani wabalandeli becula ngokuzenzekelayo iMarseillaise ngelixa uphuma eStade de France ngexesha lokuhlaselwa kweParis ngo-Novemba 2015, okanye indibano yesizwe yaseFrance wenza kwa into enye kwiintsuku kamva. Bajonge, emva koko undixelele ukuba awukulungelanga ukubetha iBastille.

Phila la France, ngokwenene.

(umfanekiso: Isaqhwithi seBastille NguJean-Pierre-Louis-Laurent Houel)

U-Lauren Henry ngumbhali kunye nomgqatswa we-PhD kwimbali yesiFrentshi yanamhlanje egxile kubukoloniyali, ukufuduka kunye nokwenziwa kwesazisi. Mbuze ngeFrance.