The Partisan

When they poured across the border

I was cautioned to surrender,

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, [The Germans were at my home]

ils me dirent, resigne-toi, [they told me to surrender]

mais je n'ai pas pu; [but I could not do]

j'ai repris mon arme. [I have retaken my weapon.]

J'ai changé cent fois de nom, [I have changed names a hundred times]

j'ai perdu femme et enfants [I have lost wife and children]

mais j'ai tant d'amis; [but I have so many friends]

j'ai la France entière. [I have entire France]

Un vieil homme dans un grenier [An old man in an attic]

pour la nuit nous a caché, [kept us hidden for the night]

les Allemands l'ont pris; [the Germans took him]

il est mort sans supplice. [he died without agony.]

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.