Karantez-Vro

LOVE FOR A COUNTRY

 

In a corner of my heart there's a scar

That I have borne since I was young

For, alas, the one I cared for

Didn't love what I loved

He only loved cities

Distant countries, deep seas

And I only loved the fields

The fair fields of my Brittany

 

Forced to choose between two affections

Love for a Country, love for a man

I've given my life to my nation

And let go of the one I loved

I never saw him again later

Heard nothing of his life's course

The scar in my heart stays there

For he didn't love what I love.

 

Every man must follow his Destiny

In this World that's the law

My heart's crushed most certainly

But he didn't love what I love

For him riches, honors

For me disdain and poverty

But I'd not exchange for treasures

My Country, my Language and my Liberty.

 

December 1963.