La Marseillaise, sung by Mireille Mathieu. American English subtitles.

Performance at the foot of the Eiffel Tower for the tower's 100th anniversary in 1989 and televised, live, to the French nation. Mireille Mathieu sings La Marseillaise, the national anthem of France, written in 1792 and adopted as the rallying call to the French Revolution. According to reports at the time of this performance, "Mathieu sang the anthem so grandly and shrewdly that tears welled up across the country, many patriotic citizens even needed medical treatment." Ten years later, in 1999, she was awarded the Medal of the French Legion of Honor. Mireille Mathieu turned 78 in 2024 and continues to perform. My translation to American English, weighing literal accuracy, lyrical style, and contemporary US context.