Composer of "Le Chant des Partisans" dies

[stonecutter]

Anna Marly, who composed the beautifully stirring anthem of the French Resistance in WWII, has recently died in Alaska.

http://fr.news.yahoo.com/15022006/202/deces-d-anna-marly-auteur-de-la-musique-du-chant.html

Anyone know of a good English translation? No matter how good the translation, though, the beauty of the language won't come through. You'll have to make do with a rough meaning.

Here's a couple of the verses, if my memory serves me correctly:

Come up from the mines, come down from the hills, comrades;
Remove from the straw the guns, ammunition, and grenades;
Hey you killers, with the bullet and knife, kill quickly;
Hey saboteurs, be careful with your load of dynamite.

Here each one knows what he wants, what he's doing, when he passes;
My friend if you fall, a friend will emerge from the shadows to replace you;
Tomorrow, blackened blood will be drying in the sun on the roads,
Sing, companions, for in the night Liberty is listening to us....

[Galileo]

here the translation of the song:

Friend, do you hear the crows' dark flight over our plains?
Friend, do you hear the muffled screams of the country being shackled?
O-hay patriots, labourers and farmers, the alarm has sounded!
Tonight the enemy shall know the price of blood and tears.

Climb up the mine, come down the hills, comrades,
From the straw unhide the guns, the munitions and the grenades;
O-hay killers, with bullets and knives kill swiftly!
O-hay saboteurs, be careful with your burden, of dynamite!

It is we that break the jail bars, for our brothers,
Hate is running after us, and hunger drives us, in misery.
There are countries where people sleep in their beds and dream.
Here, see, we, we walk and we kill and we die

Here, each one of us knows what one wants, and what one does when he passes by;
Friend, if you fall, a friend emerges from the dark to take your place.
Tomorrow, black blood shall dry out in the sun on the roads
Sing, companions, for that in the night freedom listens to us.

[1Cie GevGn]

Just listened to the song, goosebumps. I also got a version of the French National Anthem, one of my favorites!

[stonecutter]

Leonard Cohen (Canadian poet and singer) also has a song on the French Resistance, called The Partisan.

[wiking]

Can anyone link to it or post it (audio file)?

[Olybrius]

http://guysylvain.chez-alice.fr/mp3/partisans.mp3
or
http://stellamaris.vije.net/sons/chansons_fr/Yves%20Montand%20-%20Le%20chant%20des%20partisans.wma