{"id":27247,"date":"2017-07-04T05:30:38","date_gmt":"2017-07-04T03:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=27247"},"modified":"2017-11-06T15:11:37","modified_gmt":"2017-11-06T14:11:37","slug":"marianne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/marianne\/","title":{"rendered":"Marianne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Le 14 juillet<\/strong> (July 14th), Bastille Day, is the French national holiday commemorating the start of the French revolution in 1789. The end of the French revolution led to a series of Republics (more below) one of the symbols of which is <em>la Marianne.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Named for the two most common woman&#8217;s names at the time, Marie and Anne, Marianne is a national symbol of France representing liberty and the importance of reason. Her image appears on stamps, on government documents, and a bust of her appears in\u00a0<strong>les mairies\u00a0<\/strong>(<em>the town \/ city halls)\u00a0<\/em>of France.<\/p>\n<p>Early images of Marianne were based on anonymous models, however since 1969 they have been based on the features of famous woman including Brigitte Bardot, Catherine Deneuve, the model In\u00e8s de La Fressange, and more.<\/p>\n<p>The song below by French singer Michel Delpech celebrates her place in France and her role as <strong>m\u00e8re des cinq R\u00e9publiques*<\/strong> (<em>mother of the five French Republics).<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Michel Delpech &quot;Que Marianne \u00e9tait jolie&quot; | Archive INA\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SxJpnEjIIH4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"234\">Elle est n\u00e9e dans le Paris, mille-sept-cent quatre-vingt-dix<\/td>\n<td width=\"234\">She was born in Paris, seventeen hundred and ninety<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"234\">Comme une rose \u00e9panouie<\/td>\n<td width=\"234\">Like a fresh opened rose<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"234\">Au jardin des fleurs de lys**<\/td>\n<td width=\"234\">In a garden of lily flowers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"234\">Marianne a cinq enfants<\/td>\n<td width=\"234\">Marianne has five children<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"234\">Qu&#8217;elle \u00e9l\u00e8ve de son mieux<\/td>\n<td width=\"234\">That she raises as best she can<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"234\">Marianne a maintenant<\/td>\n<td width=\"234\">Marianne now has<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"234\">Quelques rides au coin des yeux<\/td>\n<td width=\"234\">A few wrinkles in the corners of \/ around her eyes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"234\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"234\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"234\">Dieu<\/td>\n<td width=\"234\">God<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"234\">Mais que Marianne \u00e9tait jolie<\/td>\n<td width=\"234\">How pretty she was, Marianne<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"234\">Quand elle marchait dans les rues de Paris<\/td>\n<td width=\"234\">When she marched in the streets of Paris<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"234\">En chantant \u00e0 pleine voix<\/td>\n<td width=\"234\">Singing out (loud)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"234\">&#8220;\u00c7a ira, \u00e7a ira***, toute la vie&#8221;<\/td>\n<td width=\"234\">\u201cAll will be well, all will be fine, all life long\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"234\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"234\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"234\">Dieu<\/td>\n<td width=\"234\">God<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"234\">Mais que Marianne \u00e9tait jolie<\/td>\n<td width=\"234\">How pretty she was, Marianne<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"234\">Quand elle embrasait le c\u0153ur de Paris<\/td>\n<td width=\"234\">When she embraced the heart of Paris<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"234\">En criant dessus les toits<\/td>\n<td width=\"234\">Shouting over the roofs \/ rooftops<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"234\">&#8220;\u00c7a ira, \u00e7a ira, toute la vie&#8221;<\/td>\n<td width=\"234\">\u201cAll will be well, all will be fine, all life long\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"234\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"234\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"234\">Il n&#8217;y a pas si longtemps<\/td>\n<td width=\"234\">It wasn\u2019t so long ago<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"234\">Que l&#8217;on se battait pour elle<\/td>\n<td width=\"234\">That one fought for her<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"234\">On a connu des printemps<\/td>\n<td width=\"234\">And new springs \/ spring times<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"234\">Qui brillaient sous son soleil<\/td>\n<td width=\"234\">That shone under her sun<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"234\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"234\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"234\">Marianne a cinq enfants<\/td>\n<td width=\"234\">Marianne has five children<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"234\">Quatre fils qu&#8217;elle a perdus<\/td>\n<td width=\"234\">Four sons that she has lost<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"234\">Le cinqui\u00e8me \u00e0 pr\u00e9sent<\/td>\n<td width=\"234\">The fifth now<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"234\">Qu&#8217;elle ne reconna\u00eet plus<\/td>\n<td width=\"234\">She no longer recognizes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"234\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"234\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"234\">Refrain x2<\/td>\n<td width=\"234\">Refrain x2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>* At key moments in the history of the last 200 and more years, major events have shaken France and led the people to dissolve the existing government (following further revolutions, or wars) and rewrite the governing documents of the country. Since the Revolution, France has had five different consitutions or five Republics.<br \/>\n** The <em>fleur-de-lys<\/em> is a stylized lily flower symbol used in heraldry and closely associated with the French monarchy. The allusion here of course is to the French revolution and the end of the monarchy.<br \/>\n*** <em>\u00c7a ira, \u00e7a ira! <\/em>is another symbol of the French Revolution featured in a song popularized at the time and attributed at least by some to the American Benjamin Franklin and his assurances when asked about the state of the American Revolution was known to say &#8220;\u00c7a ira, \u00e7a ira.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"118\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/07\/Logo_de_la_Republique_francaise-350x118.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/07\/Logo_de_la_Republique_francaise-350x118.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/07\/Logo_de_la_Republique_francaise-768x260.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/07\/Logo_de_la_Republique_francaise-1024x346.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/07\/Logo_de_la_Republique_francaise.png 1538w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Le 14 juillet (July 14th), Bastille Day, is the French national holiday commemorating the start of the French revolution in 1789. The end of the French revolution led to a series of Republics (more below) one of the symbols of which is la Marianne. &nbsp; Named for the two most common woman&#8217;s names at the&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/marianne\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":139,"featured_media":27254,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3,108],"tags":[10192,222,2149,11656,250036],"class_list":["post-27247","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-music","tag-bastille-day","tag-chanson-francaise","tag-france","tag-french-blog","tag-french-history"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/139"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27247"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29249,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27247\/revisions\/29249"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}