Roulez tambours [English translation]

Go on, roll, drum roll

For those who die each day,

For those who cry in the outskirts,

For Hiroshima, Pearl Harbour,

Go on, roll, roll. The drums rolled

for Napoleon,

To the sound of fifes and bugles.

They rolled for so many wards

And they roll in the entire world.

They roll, they roll day and night.

When will they roll for love?

Go on, roll, drum roll...

I saw, I saw so much misery

And so much suffering around me

Which I don't remember a bit

If the pain was for me.

I often saw my mother tremble.

I believe so that it was for me.

I almost saw my father tremble.

He never told me why...

Go on, roll, drum roll

For those who die each day,

For those who cry in the outskirts,

For Hiroshima, Pearl Harbour,

Go on, roll, roll. The drums rolled

for Napoleon,

To the sound of fifes and bugles.

They rolled for so many wards

And they roll in the entire world.

They roll, they roll day and night.

When will they roll for love?

Go on, roll, drum roll...

Hear the trumpets strike.

They speak of Jéricho.

They echo in my head

For sobbing in an echo.

I want them so to sing

For the boy who will love me,

For my friends who are in the storm

And for those who deserve it...

Go on, roll, drum roll

For those who die each day,

For those who cry in the outskirts,

For Hiroshima, my love...

Go on, roll, drum roll

You play along to the songs

to the rhythm of the accordions.

For the hour and for the end of wars,

Roll in the entire world

And me, I'll play the drums,

And me, I'll sing of love,

And me, I'll sing of love,

And me, I'll sing of love...

• Artist:Édith Piaf