1. Leave Dreyfus and those who appeared after him
And leave his wife in prison waiting

2. And leave the horror of his story
That has appeared and will appear and what will remain hidden

3. And whoever wishes to commit suicide like his predecessor
But men of resolve do not commit suicide

4. Alas! A traitor will not succeed in a country
Whose men stayed up watching the perpetrators of sin

5. And leave its façades and leave its interiors
And seek out the secrets that lessons provide you

6. For honesty there are people who take pride in it
And for treachery there are people who took pride in it

7. Johnson and Milton were legends
That thought wove into a myth

8. Then after them came the subject of our story
And sight verified in his deeds what hearing heard

9. O you who answers whoever wanted to advise him
Were they weighed, however numerous they were?

10. I saw them and my heart hoped for their help
Are they anything but those I see? And I have lost who helped

11. And he answered with sarcasm and arrogance
“This is France” and whoever tried to fool it

12. Is feared for, however much caution he took
You are Dreyfus and the likes of Dreyfus, and even if

13. You do not survive when claws are embedded in your body