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