The Partisan

Leonard Cohen


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When they poured across the border
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I was cautioned to surrender,
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this I could not do;
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  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 etaient chez moi,
ons m'a dit: "Resigne toi"
mais je n'ai pas peur;
   j'ai repris mon arme.

J'ai change cent fois de nome
j'ai perdu femme et enfants
mais j'ai tant d'amis;
    j'ai la France enticre.

Un vieil homme dans un grenier
pour la nuit nous a cachese
les Allemands l'ont prisent;
   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.

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