In the middle of the sea where the water changes
between blue and turquoise,
stands a cliff which has a beauty
as if it was paradise.
But the partisans hold meetings
when the moon shines over Corsica.
Down at the harbor in Bonifacio
in Ajaccio and Porto-Vecchio
ships for millionares are located there
from Livorno and from Marseille.
So the Partisans hold the meeting
when the moon shines over Corsica.
From the hotels and the restaurants
in Bastia and Saint-Florent millionaires
sail over the sea
to some peddlers in Paris.
So the partisans hold meetings
when the moon shines over Corsica.
In Montagnana and down on the plains
young people dream of a job.
But the crafts people are imported
from Bologna and from Toulouse.
So the partisans hold meetings
when the moon shines on Corsica.
Down on the beach near Palombaggia
the Frenchmen build small palaces.
but up in the mountain the Mistral blows
through the farmers' sparce shed.
So the partisans hold meetings
when the moon shines on Corsica.
The moon pales and the night folds,
the sea and the sky are on fire.
Then the song from the highest mountain,'
the old song that everyone knows.
About partisans who begin to wander
when the sun shines on Corsica.
At the first
rise of dawn
the partisan
descends into action