The Partisan

(leonard cohen)



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,

Ils me dirent, "r