A Partisan Lyrics - The Essential Leonard Cohen - 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 shadow 

Les Allemands etaient chez moi 

Ils me disent, "resigne toi," 

Mais je n'ai pas peur 

J'ai repris mon arme 

J'ai change cent fois de nom 

H'ai perdu femme et enfants 

Mais j'ai tant d'amis 

Jai la France entiere 

Un vieil homme dans un grenier 

Pour la nuit nous a cache 

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 shadow