Editing Chant des Partisans (section)

{{Short description|1943 French song by Anna Marly}}
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[[File:Manuscrit du Chant des Partisans.jpg|thumb|300px|Original manuscript of the ''Chant des Partisans'', now in the [[Musée de l'Ordre de la Libération]]]]
The "'''Chant des Partisans'''" ({{IPA|fr|ʃɑ̃ de paʁ.ti.zɑ̃|}}; "Song of the Partisans") was the most popular song of the [[Free French]] and [[French Resistance]] during [[World War II]].<ref>Richard Raskin, "Le Chant des Partisans: Functions of a Wartime Song." ''Folklore'' [U.K.], 102, 1 (Summer, 1991), pp.&nbsp;62–76.</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Le chant des Partisans |url=https://www.cheminsdememoire.gouv.fr/fr/le-chant-des-partisans |website=www.cheminsdememoire.gouv.fr |publisher=Chemins de mémoire |access-date=26 February 2024}}</ref>

The piece was written and put to melody in London in 1943 after [[Anna Marly]] heard the Russian song [[Po dolinam i po vzgoriam|"Through Valleys and Over Hills"]] that provided her with inspiration. [[Joseph Kessel]] and [[Maurice Druon]] wrote the French lyrics. It was performed by Anna Marly, broadcast by the [[BBC]] and adopted by the [[maquis (WW2)|maquis]]. The lyrics of the song revolve around the idea of a life-or-death struggle for national liberation.
After the war the "Chant des Partisans" was so popular, it was proposed as a new [[national anthem]] for [[France]]. It became for a short while the unofficial national anthem, next to the official "[[La Marseillaise]]".

Anna Marly also wrote and performed a more introspective song, "[[La Complainte du Partisan]]", which was later adapted and translated into [[English language|English]] as "The Partisan". It was most famously covered by [[Leonard Cohen]]. The two songs are sometimes confused.