Le temps des cerises meaning

Le Temps des Cerises - Rise Up and Sing

This song inspired the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia to adopt two cherries as part of their logo [3] and the French Communist Party to adopt a new logo in It was also symbol of The Left , political party in Luxembourg. The "Time of Cherries" is a metaphor regarding what life will be like when a revolution will have changed social and economic conditions.

It is believed to be dedicated by the writer to a nurse who fought in the Semaine Sanglante "Bloody Week" when French government troops overthrew the commune. For its hourly chime, the clock of the town hall in the Parisian suburb of Saint-Denis alternates between two different tunes, " Le roi Dagobert a mis sa culotte à l'envers " and "Le temps des cerises".

Le Temps des cerises French: [lə tɑ̃ de səʁiz] , The Time of Cherries is a song written in France in , with words by Jean-Baptiste Clément and music by Antoine Renard , extremely famous in French-speaking countries. The song was later strongly associated with the Paris Commune , during which verses were added to the song, thus becoming a revolutionary song.