When The Tigers Broke Free
By Pink Floyd
1983
3:12
Official Music Video
When The Tigers Broke Free by Pink Floyd
Lyrics & Translation
English
It was just before dawn
One miserable morning in black 'forty four
When the forward commander
Was told to sit tight
When he asked that his men be withdrawn
And the Generals gave thanks
As the other ranks held back
The enemy tanks for a while
And the Anzio bridgehead
Was held for the price
Of a few hundred ordinary lives
And kind old King George
Sent Mother a note
When he heard that Father was gone
It was, I recall
In the form of a scroll
With gold leaf and all
And I found it one day
In a drawer of old photographs, hidden away
And my eyes still grow damp to remember
His Majesty signed
With his own rubber stamp
It was dark all around
There was frost in the ground
When the Tigers broke free
And no one survived
From the Royal Fusiliers Company Z
They were all left behind
Most of them dead
The rest of them dying
And that's how the High Command
Took my daddy from me
Spanish translations are provided by the LyricVerse team.
Spanish translation of When The Tigers Broke Free by Pink Floyd
When The Tigers Broke Free* (original Pink Floyd)
It was just before dawn
One miserable morning in black 'forty four
When the forward commander
Was told to sit tight
When he asked that his men be withdrawn
And the Generals gave thanks
As the other ranks held back
The enemy tanks for a while
And the Anzio bridgehead
Was held for the price
Of a few hundred ordinary lives
And kind old King George
Sent Mother a note
When he heard that Father was gone
It was, I recall
In the form of a scroll
With gold leaf and all
And I found it one day
In a drawer of old photographs, hidden away
And my eyes still grow damp to remember
His Majesty signed
With his own rubber stamp
It was dark all around
There was frost in the ground
When the Tigers broke free
And no one survived
From the Royal Fusiliers Company Z
They were all left behind
Most of them dead
The rest of them dying
And that's how the High Command
Took my daddy from me
When The Tigers Broke Free (traducción LyricVerse Team)
Era justo antes del amanecer
Una mañana miserable en el negro cuarenta y cuatro
Cuando el comandante de avanzada
Se le dijo que se mantuviera firme
Cuando pidió que sus hombres fueran retirados
Y los Generales dieron las gracias
Mientras los otros rangos contenían
Los tanques enemigos por un tiempo
Y la cabeza de puente de Anzio
Fue mantenida por el precio
De unos pocos cientos de vidas ordinarias
Y el bondadoso viejo Rey Jorge
Le envió una nota a Mamá
Cuando supo que Papá se había ido
Era, recuerdo
En forma de pergamino
Con pan de oro y todo
Y lo encontré un día
En un cajón de fotos viejas, escondido
Y mis ojos aún se humedecen al recordar
Su Majestad firmó
Con su propio sello de goma
Estaba oscuro por todas partes
Había escarcha en el suelo
Cuando los Tigres se liberaron
Y nadie sobrevivió
De la Compañía Z de los Royal Fusiliers
Todos fueron dejados atrás
La mayoría de ellos muertos
El resto de ellos muriendo
Y así fue como el Alto Mando
Me quitó a mi papi
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