L'instinct de survie [English translation]

Many are the men who take the train

on that morning of June 1931

unaware of what awaited them there,

but they told themselves 'We'll learn everything we can

and then we won't have a choice'.

They must leave the village, those who beg

for honour, must leave their lives

with their eyes on the water, asking the Providence

for the snow and wolves to give them a chance

for there is where everything begins.

Through my veins runs

more courage than pain.

A lot is needed

for me to fall on my knees.

If I'm there, if I go straight ahead,

it's because they transmitted me their survival instinct.

After the train, the boat that goes away

on the other shore of Témiscouata.

On sledges and then the rest on foot

through the forest, creating the paths

for my ancestors, pioneers.

Through my veins runs

more courage than pain.

A lot is needed

for me to fall on my knees.

If I'm there, if I go straight ahead,

it's because they transmitted me their survival instinct.

Through my veins runs

quite more rage than pain.

A lot is needed

for me to fall on my knees.

If I'm there, if I go straight ahead,

it's because they transmitted me their survival instinct.

Thank you.