Translation of the song lyrics Quel souvenir papa - Michel Delpech

Quel souvenir papa (original)

Tu étais dans les FFI
Et quand les Allemands t’ont pris
Tu venais de faire ce jour là
Sauter la gare de triage
Quand elle a su que tu partais
Dans un camp de prisonniers
J’en connais une qui ce jour-là
A du beaucoup pleurer pour toi
J’en connais une qui ce jour là
Quel souvenir papa
Quel souvenir tu as
Tu as fini par t'évader
Tu as trouvé l’amitié
Dans la maison d’un Alsacien
Qui t’a fait passer la frontière
Tu as fais la route à vélo
Tu as rejoint ton réseau
J’en connais une qui t’a caché
En attendant la fin de la guerre
Quel souvenir papa
Quel souvenir tu as
Tu as connu des privations
Mais avec tes compagnons
Tu tirais bien de temps en temps
Un lièvre dans la campagne
Le jour de la libération
Tu as repris ton vrai nom
J’en connais une qui ce jour-là
A du beaucoup pleurer de joie
Quel souvenir papa
Quel souvenir tu as
Quel souvenir papa
Quel souvenir tu as

Quel souvenir papa (translation)

You were in the FFI
And when the Germans took you
You had just done that day
Skip the rail yard
When she heard you were leaving
In a prison camp
I know one who that day
Had to cry a lot for you
I know one who that day
what a memory daddy
What memory do you have
You ended up escaping
You found friendship
In the house of an Alsatian
Who got you across the border
You cycled the road
You joined your network
I know one who hid you
Waiting for the end of the war
what a memory daddy
What memory do you have
You have known deprivation
But with your companions
You used to shoot well once in a while
A hare in the countryside
Liberation Day
You took your real name back
I know one who that day
Had to cry a lot of joy
what a memory daddy
What memory do you have
what a memory daddy
What memory do you have