taken from here<\/a>) Original lyrics after the English translation<\/p>\nMr. President
\nI’m writing you a letter
\nthat perhaps you will read
\nIf you have the time.
\n
\nI’ve just received
\nmy call-up papers
\nto leave for the front
\nBefore Wednesday night. <\/p>\n
Mr. President
\nI do not want to go
\nI am not on this earth
\nto kill wretched people. <\/p>\n
It’s not to make you mad
\nI must tell you
\nmy decision is made
\nI am going to desert. <\/p>\n
Since I was born
\nI have seen my father die
\nI have seen my brothers leave
\nand my children cry. <\/p>\n
My mother has suffered so,
\nthat she is in her grave
\nand she laughs at the bombs
\nand she laughs at the worms. <\/p>\n
When I was a prisoner
\nthey stole my wife
\nthey stole my soul
\nand all my dear past. <\/p>\n
Early tomorrow morning
\nI will shut my door
\non these dead years
\nI will take to the road. <\/p>\n
I will beg my way along
\non the roads of France
\nfrom Brittany to Provence
\nand I will cry out to the people: <\/p>\n
Refuse to obey
\nrefuse to do it
\ndon’t go to war
\nrefuse to go. <\/p>\n
If blood must be given
\ngo give your own
\nyou are a good apostle
\nMr. President. <\/p>\n
If you go after me
\nwarn your police
\nthat I’ll be unarmed
\nand that they can shoot.<\/p>\n
—————–<\/p>\n
Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident,
\nje vous fais une lettre,
\nque vous lirez peut-\u00eatre,
\nsi vous avez le temps. <\/p>\n
Je viens de recevoir
\nmes papiers militaires
\npour partir \u00e0 la guerre
\navant mercredi soir. <\/p>\n
Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident
\nje ne veux pas le faire,
\nje ne suis pas sur terre
\npour tuer de pauvres gens. <\/p>\n
C’est pas pour vous f\u00e2cher,
\nil faut que je vous dise,
\nma d\u00e9cision est prise,
\nje m’en vais d\u00e9serter. <\/p>\n
Depuis que je suis n\u00e9,
\nj’ai vu mourir mon p\u00e8re,
\nj’ai vu partir mes fr\u00e8res,
\net pleurer mes enfants. <\/p>\n
Ma m\u00e8re a tant souffert,
\nqu’elle est dedans sa tombe,
\net se moque des bombes,
\net se moque des vers. <\/p>\n
Quand j’\u00e9tais prisonnier
\non m’a vol\u00e9 ma femme,
\non m’a vol\u00e9 mon \u00e2me,
\net tout mon cher pass\u00e9. <\/p>\n
Demain de bon matin,
\nje fermerai ma porte
\nau nez des ann\u00e9es mortes
\nj’irai sur les chemins. <\/p>\n
Je mendierai ma vie,
\nsur les routes de France,
\nde Bretagne en Provence,
\net je crierai aux gens: <\/p>\n
refusez d’ob\u00e9ir,
\nrefusez de la faire,
\nn’allez pas \u00e0 la guerre,
\nrefusez de partir. <\/p>\n
S’il faut donner son sang,
\nallez donner le v\u00f4tre,
\nvous \u00eates bon ap\u00f4tre,
\nmonsieur le Pr\u00e9sident. <\/p>\n
Si vous me poursuivez
\npr\u00e9venez vos gendarmes
\nque je n’aurai pas d’armes
\net qu’ils pourront tirer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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