| La porte est close (original) | La porte est close (translation) |
|---|---|
| La porte est close | The door is closed |
| Je voudrais sortir de l’enfer | I wanna get out of hell |
| La porte est close | The door is closed |
| Ma tête explose | my head is exploding |
| Ils ont emmuré nos terres | They walled up our lands |
| Oh! | Oh! |
| ma tête explose | my head is exploding |
| Ils m’ont demandé | They asked me |
| Ce que je faisais là | What I was doing there |
| Je leur ai expliqué | I explained to them |
| Que je venais pour toi | That I was coming for you |
| Alors au bout de leurs fusils | So at the end of their guns |
| Ils m’ont ramené chez moi | They took me home |
| Ils ont dit à nos parents | They told our parents |
| Qu'à partir d 'aujourd'hui | that from today |
| Commençait vraiment le bon temps | Really started the good times |
| C'était le treize août 1961 | It was August thirteenth, 1961 |
| J’allais rue Bernauer | I was going rue Bernauer |
| Je devais voir mon frère | I had to see my brother |
| Pour parler de liberté; | To speak of freedom; |
| Je n’ai rien dit | I said nothing |
| Quand ils ont demandé; | When they asked; |
| mon frère | my brother |
| Moi j’ai rien dit | I didn't say anything |
| M’ont interdit de retourner | Forbade me to return |
| Rue Bernauer | Bernauerstraat |
| M’ont interdit | banned me |
| Ils nous ont raconté; | They told us; |
| Que tu avais trahi | That you betrayed |
| Que t’avais choisi | What you chose |
| Le mauvais côté du pays | The wrong side of the country |
| Qu’ils ne fallait rien regretter | That they had nothing to regret |
| Puisque nous, nous étions restés | Since we had stayed |
| Ils ont dit à nos parents | They told our parents |
| Qu'à partir d’aujourd’hui | That from today |
| Tu n'étais plus leur enfant | You were no longer their child |
| C'était le treize août 1961 | It was August thirteenth, 1961 |
| J’allais rue Bernauer | I was going rue Bernauer |
| Je devais voir mon frère | I had to see my brother |
| Pour parler de liberté; | To speak of freedom; |
