La lettre de métal [English translation]

As I will soon leave

It's your turn to read me

A letter written from me in memory

Because if I stay over there

If I don't stay alive

You will never remember me

The metal in Lorraine

Our bodies split with sorrow

I will bequeath you my hatred

Because I don't want to die

Here they send us to the slaughterhouse

But I don't way to betray

So you can be proud of me

Don't forget me my child,

My child of mine

I will do my duty for you

As I will not return

You, you will replace me

You will become sergeant or king

The metal in Lorraine

The grief of my sex

I would like to see you

Again one last time

From your father you will know

Never will forget you

One last time

War isn't made for you