In the village squares
In the small parks
In the chaste memorials
We sit and rust,
Veterans of fabulous but forgotten battles,
Unnoticed by bustling shoppers,
By strolling lovers,
By drum majorettes in white boots
And shakos,
Impotent. Usefulness ended,
We are the guns —
Young old men —
Symbols of Peace, now war is ended.

In the village squares
In the small parks
In the chaste memorials
We sit and rust,
Veterans of fabulous but forgotten battles,
Unnoticed by bustling shoppers,
By strolling lovers,
By drum majorettes in white boots
And shakos,
Impotent. Usefulness ended,
We are the guns —
Young old men —
Symbols of Peace, now war is ended.