Their eyes were burning, and one only distinguished the holes of black mouths singing the Marseillaise; the stanzas were lost in a confused roar, accompanied by the clang of sabots over the hard earth.
Les yeux brulaient, on voyait seulement les trous des bouches noires, chantant La Marseillaise, dont les strophes se perdaient en un mugissement confus, accompagné par le claquement des sabots sur la terre dure.