Crispin's Day

"What's he that wishes so?"
Who talks of Crispin's Day?
Who talks of band of brothers?
Brothers bound up with our hope!
They were soon again dead!
Band of brothers for say ye!
Bound up with our hope!
For our hope on Crispin's Day,
And maketh dance who does not shout!

Stand, stand, on your feet,
Mighty Leonidas' shout,
That's it or little victories
To steal the lads hearts!
Hear it is! Hear it is!
You know your places!
Agincourt, Passchendaele, Casino,
Stalingrad, Arnhem, Iwo Jima,
Gloster hill, Dien Ben Phu, self unknown,

Old men forgot!
Young men forget!
Wherefore?
Po czym? (After what?)
Pourquoi? (Why?)
Warum? (Why?)
Per quale motivo? (For what reason?)
Почему? (Why?)
なぜですか? (Why?)

Brothers for a time again,
Brothers for a time,
Encore des frères morts, (More dead brothers)
Wieder Brüder. (Lost brothers)
Bracia umarłych ponownie. (Brothers of the dead again),
Снова братья (Brothers again)
再び死者の兄弟 (The wolf is a wolf)
Brothers for a time,
Brothers dead again.

©R Frank Wilson