| No, I will not go to the Louvre this time | 
| Don't see the Floos of Medusa, don't see the Mona Lisa | 
| Pas le Cimetière du Père-Lachaise, le Mur des Fédérés | 
| Don't have lunch at the pied de chochon, no I'm going | 
| To the boulevard St Martin, number 11, stand in front of it | 
| And touch with my hand without me entering the yard | 
| Enter the courtyard, the front gate | 
| Then I close my eyes, see the same boulevard | 
| Delayed only by decades, there is a man walking on the sidewalk | 
| Men in Gestapo leather coats follow him, hand | 
| Loose on the weapon, sure that neither escape nor resistance | 
| More is to be expected from this skinny Jew | 
| The ragged, beaten half to death and apparently broken | 
| Seemingly broken, there goes in front of them | 
| Despite the beatings, despite the torture, he does not reveal a name | 
| But a hidden Resistance that he says he knows | 
| Where it might be, if only roughly | 
| And acts as if he no longer knows the exact house number | 
| "I'll take you there," he says to the Nazis, "follow me, I'll go | 
| On the Boulevard St Martin and I'll give you a sign | 
| A sign to you as soon as I see it" | 
| Out of the corner of his eye, he then sees something passing by | 
| Leave the entrance of house number 11 slightly open | 
| Hurry and with his last strength he jumps through the gate | 
| Quickly turns, slams it shut, and bolts | 
| Run through the yard to the back exit and come to the house | 
| Number 18 rue Mesley, a free man and alive | 
| And get out alive | 
| He disappears, only for a short time, and goes underground | 
| His wife and comrades from the Resistance nurse him back to health | 
| But soon he continues to fight tirelessly and he rises | 
| From now on his voice trembles as long as he lives | 
| Before forgetting, he calls for vigilance, for resistance | 
| That never again war, never more fascism should go out | 
| Should start from this country | 
| Admittedly, I don't have as much courage as you | 
| Not about your trust in humanity, your confidence | 
| But while my hand is still touching this gate | 
| I didn't feel your gateway to freedom Peter Gingold now | 
| That my heart suddenly beats much more powerfully and freely | 
| I can even feel some of your strength now | 
| Transferred from your strength to me |