The opening notes of Eugène Pottier’s L’Internationale would be familiar to many: the song has been utilized as the official communist and socialist song for movements worldwide since the mid-nineteenth century. It was the Second International and Third International Communist Parties’ hymn, after taking its title from the First International; the Soviet Union’s national anthem from 1918 to 1944. L’Internationale was originally intended to share the tune with La Marseillaise, France’s national anthem, but by 1888, it had its own melody. The lyrics’ translation into so many other languages, becoming a de facto anthem for leftist movements throughout China, Germany, England, numerous South Asian countries, as well as independent socialist, Marxist, and anarchist movements called for a distinctive sound. - 尤格·波蒂埃的《国际歌》的开场白对很多人来说都是耳熟能详的:自19世纪中叶以来,这首歌一直被作为官方的共产主义和社会主义歌曲用于世界各地的运动。这是继第一国际之后的第二次国际和第三次国际共产党的赞歌;1918年至1944年的苏联国歌。《国际歌》原本打算和法国国歌《马赛曲》分享这首曲子,但到了1888年,它有了自己的旋律。这首歌词翻译成许多其他语言,成为中国、德国、英国、许多南亚国家的左翼运动以及独立的社会主义运动、马克思主义运动和无政府主义运动的一首事实上的颂歌,要求有一种独特的声音。