Sunday, October 24, 2010

 
The Partisan

         Corpus Domini nostri Jesu     
          Christi custodiat animam meam      
                        in vitam aeternam.  Amen.            
Quid retribuam Domino pro
omnibus quae retribuit mihi?
Calicem salutaris accipiam,
et nomen Domini invocabo
Dominum, et ab inimicis meis
salvus ero.







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Friday, October 22, 2010


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, "Signe toi," 
mais je n'ai pas peur; 
j'ai repris mon arme.

J'ai change' cent fois de nom, 
j'ai perdu femme et enfants 
mais j'ai tant d'amis; 
j'ai la France entie`re. 

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 shadows.

Leonard Cohen - The Partisan

Sooner or later, one way or another, we are all partisans in the 21st century.

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Wednesday, October 6, 2010



In dreams I walk with you
In dreams I talk to you
In dreams you're mine all the time
We're together in dreams, in dreams