Leonard Cohen - The Partisan By Anna Marly Hy Zaret

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 e'taient chez moi, [The Germans were at my home

ils me dirent, "Signe toi," They said, "Sign yourself,"

mais je n'ai pas peur; But I am not afraid

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


J'ai change' 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 entie're. I have all of France


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

pour la nuit nous a cache', Hid us for the night

les Allemands l'ont pris; The Germans captured him

il est mort sans surprise. He died without 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