The Partisan (La Complainte du Partisan)

Bernard, Anna Marly, Hy Saret (engl. Text) /Leonard Cohen: Songs from a room (1969)

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	When they	poured a	cross the	border I was	cautioned	to sur	render,

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This I	could not	do.	I took my gun and	vanished.

I have changed my name so often, I've lost my wife and children,

But I have many friends. And some of them are with me.

An old woman gave us shelter, Kept us hidden in the garret.

Then the soldiers came: She died without a whisper.

There were three of us this morning, I'm the only one this evening.

But I must go on, the frontiers are my prison.

Oh, the wind, the wind is blowing Through the graves, the wind is blowing.

Freedom soon will come, Then we'll come from the shadows.

Les Allemands étaient chez moi. Ils me dirent: resigne-toi.

Mais je n'ai pas pu, J'ai repris mon arme.

J'ai changé cent fois de nom. J'ai perdu femme et enfants.

Mais j'ai tant d'amis, J'ai la France entière.

Un vieil homme dans un grenier Pour la nuit nous a cachés.

Les Allemands l'ont pris, Il est mort sans surprise.

Oh, the wind, the wind is blowing Through the graves, the wind is blowing.

Freedom soon will come, Then we'll come from the shadows.