The Partisan lyrics

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,

ils me dirent : « Résigne-toi »,

mais je n'ai pas peur.

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.

• Artist:Leonard Cohen