Текст и перевод песни Michel Delpech - Quel souvenir papa

Quel souvenir papa

Tu étais dans les FFI
Et quand les Allemands t′ont pris
Tu venais de faire ce jour là
Sauter la gare de triage
Quand elle a su que tu partais
Dans un camp de prisonniers
J'en connais une qui ce jour-là
A du beaucoup pleurer pour toi
J′en connais une qui ce jour là
Quel souvenir papa
Quel souvenir tu as
Tu as fini par t'évader
Tu as trouvé l'amitié
Dans la maison d′un Alsacien
Qui t′a fait passer la frontière
Tu as fais la route à vélo
Tu as rejoint ton réseau
J'en connais une qui t′a caché
En attendant la fin de la guerre
Quel souvenir papa
Quel souvenir tu as
Tu as connu des privations
Mais avec tes compagnons
Tu tirais bien de temps en temps
Un lièvre dans la campagne
Le jour de la libération
Tu as repris ton vrai nom
J'en connais une qui ce jour-là
A du beaucoup pleurer de joie
Quel souvenir papa
Quel souvenir tu as
Quel souvenir papa
Quel souvenir tu as

What Memories, Father

You were in the FFI,
And when the Germans captured you,
That day, you had just made them
Blow up that rail yard.
When she found out that you were going away,
To a prisoner camp,
I know someone who that day
Must have cried a lot for you.
I know someone who that day
What memories, Papa,
What memories you have.
You ended up escaping,
You found friendship,
In the house of an Alsatian
Who helped you cross the border.
You traveled by bicycle,
You joined your network.
I know someone who hid you
While waiting for the end of the war.
What memories, Papa,
What memories you have.
You suffered deprivations,
But with your comrades,
You occasionally hunted down
A hare in the countryside.
On the day of the Liberation,
You took back your real name.
I know someone who that day
Must have cried a lot with joy.
What memories, Papa,
What memories you have.
What memories, Papa,
What memories you have.