It is plain to me now
That my dreams for my beloved country
Shall never come to be
As plain to me now
As the sunlight streaming in through the open windows
Illuminating the room around us
I have failed
Not only my country,
My mistress
But I've dragged all my friends down with me
Down to the last man
Combeferre
Courfeyrac
Feuilly
Joly
Lesgle
Marius
Jean
Bahorel
Grantaire
All of them
All of them gone because of me
And my dreams for our beautiful country
Now it is my time as well
As I turn to face the firing squad
Grantaire beside me
I grasp his hand
Looking our executioners in their cold, dead eyes
I raise my head
With the red flag beside me
The flag we had fought for in vain
So be it
If I cannot live in liberty alongside my fellow man
I shall welcome death
With a loving embrace
