Roger Pierre — Le cuirassier de Reichshoffen song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Le cuirassier de Reichshoffen" by Roger Pierre.
Lyrics
1er couplet:
«Ils reculaient, nos soldats invincibles
A Reichshoffen la mort fauchait leurs rangs.
Nos ennemis, dans les bois, invisibles,
Comme des loups poursuivaient ces g? ants.
Depuis le jour disputant la bataille,
France ! ils portaient ton drapeau glorieux.
Ils sont tomb? s, vaincus par la mitraille
Et non par ceux qui tremblaient devant eux. "
«Voyez l?-bas, comme un? clair d’acier,
Ces escadrons passer dans la fum? e,
Ils vont mourir et, pour sauver l’arm?e,
Donner le sang du dernier cuirassier,
Donner le sang du dernier cuirassier «.
2? me couplet:
«On leur a dit: il faut sauver la France,
C’est de vous seul que d? pend l’avenir.
De Waterloo, gardez la souvenance;
Ainsi qu’alors, il faut vaincre ou mourir.
Le vent du soir, soulevant leurs crini? res
Et secouant leurs cuirasses d’airain,
Fit tressaillir, au fond de leurs tani? res,
Ces Allemands qui se serraient en vain «.
Au refrain. 3? me et dernier couplet:
«Par quatre fois, torrent irr? sistible,
Ce flot humain troua les rangs press? s Des Allemands que cet? lan terrible
Sur les bl? s verts couchait comme les bl? s.
Ils sont pass? s ! mais apr? s la bataille,
Quand on chercha ces r? giments de fer,
Les corbeaux noirs d? j? faisaient d? j? ripaille
De sang fumant et de lambeaux de chair ! "
Dernier refrain:
«Ils sont l?-bas, ces r? giments d’acier
Qu’on vit jadis,? travers la fum? e,
Pour essayer de sauver notre arm? e,
Donner le sang du dernier cuirassier,
Donner le sang du dernier cuirassier «.
Lyrics translation
1st couplet:
"They retreated, our invincible soldiers
In Reichshoffen death mowed down their ranks.
Our enemies, in the woods, invisible,
Like wolves chasing those g's? ants.
Since the day of the battle,
France ! they wore your glorious flag.
Are they tomb? s, defeated by machine gun
And not by those who trembled before them. "
"See l?- low, like one? clear Steel,
These squads pass in the smoke? U.S.A.,
They're going to die and, to save the arm?U.S.A.,
Give the blood of the last battleship,
Give the blood of the last battleship".
2? me couplet:
"They were told: we must save France,
Is it from you alone that d? hangs the future.
From Waterloo, keep the memory;
As well as then, it is necessary to defeat or die.
The evening wind, lifting their horsehair? re
And shaking their brass cuirassas,
Did they flutter, in the bottom of their tani? re,
Those Germans who clenched in vain."
Chorus. 3? me and last verse:
"By four times, torrent irr? irresistible,
Did that Human Flow track down the press ranks? s of the Germans that this? lan terrible
On bl? s Greens lay like the bl? s.
Are they pass? s ! more apr? s the battle,
When did we look for these r's? iron giments,
Black crows d? j? were doing d? j? ripail
Smoking blood and splinters of flesh ! "
Last chorus:
"They are there?- low, those r's? steel giments
That we once lived? through the smoke? U.S.A.,
To try to save our arm? U.S.A.,
Give the blood of the last battleship,
Give the blood of the last battleship".