Mury [English translation]

He was young and full of inspiration, they were uncountable,

he strengthened them with his song, singing that the dawn would come soon.

They used to light thousands of candles for him, the smoke was raising over their heads,

and he used to sing it was high time for the wall to collapse…

and they were singing along with him:

Pull out the teeth of the bars from the walls! 1

Tear off the chains, break up the whip!

And the walls would collapse, collapse, collapse

burying the old world!

(x2)

Soon they learned his song by heart, just the melody itself

carried its meaning, and their hearts and heads shivered.

So they used to sing it and their hands clapping in its rhythm

sounded like a cannon roar…

but the chains were heavy, the dawn delayed…

nevertheless he carried on with his song:

Pull out the teeth of the bars from the walls!

Tear off the chains, break up the whip!

And the walls would collapse, collapse, collapse

burying the old world!

(x2)

One day they realized there were a lot of them, they started feeling their strength and their time

and singing that the dawn would come soon they marched through the streets.

They were destroying the monuments and gathering the stones from the Belgian blocks - This one’s with us! This one’s against us!

The one who’s alone is our greatest enemy!

But the singer was also alone…

He watched the steadily marching crowd,

kept silent listening to the roar of the steps,

and the walls grew higher and higher,

and the chain was swinging binding the feet…

He is watching the steadily marching crowd,

keeps silent listening to the roar of the steps,

and the walls grow higher and higher,

and the chain swings binding the feet…

1. Or: “Pull out the bars, like teeth, from the walls”.