Jacques Douai — La Complainte Du Bourreau song lyrics and translation

The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "La Complainte Du Bourreau" by Jacques Douai.

Lyrics

Quand pour les bourreaux
Le sol tremble,
Au petit jour, au petit jour,
C’est signe, qu’un juste,
Voit juste,
À la juste,
Hauteur du jour.
Signe que vont s’ouvrir ensemble,
Toutes les grilles et les tours,
Et que le juste et la passante,
Liberté,
Jailliront au jour.
Dans la demi-clarté, où tremblent
Les bourreaux, pour qui le sol tremble.
Dans la demi-clarté, où tremblent
Les bourreaux, pour qui le sol tremble.
Les bourreaux, pour qui le sol tremble,
Les bourreaux, pour qui le sol tremble.

Lyrics translation

When for executioners
The ground trembles,
At dawn, at dusk,
It is a sign, that a just,
Just see,
At the fair,
Height of the day.
Sign that will open together,
All grids and towers,
And that the righteous and the passerby,
Freedom,
Will spring in the day.
In the half-clarity, where tremble
The executioners, for whom the ground trembles.
In the half-clarity, where tremble
The executioners, for whom the ground trembles.
The executioners, for whom the soil trembles,
The executioners, for whom the ground trembles.