Sans la nommer [English translation]

1.

I'd like to tell you about her without naming her

As one tells about a beloved, untruth one

A girl full of life who wakes up,

Facing brighter futures under the sun

[Refrain]

She gets bludgeoned,

She gets chased and she gets hunted,

But up she rises

She does suffer and go on strike

They put her in prison

They betray her and forsake her

But she makes us want to live

Makes us want to follow her

To the end, to the end

2.

I'd like to pay a tribute to her without naming her

She's a pretty May flower, she's a wild fruit

She's a plant well planted on both her legs

Knocking around free just wherever she wants

[Refrain]

3.

I'd like to tell you about her without naming her :

Be she beloved or unloved, she is loyal ;

And if you want me to introduce her to you

So she's called Permanent Revolution.